Donald Trump says Liz Cheney might not be such a ‘war hawk’ if she had rifles shooting at her
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Donald Trump
'Let’s put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let’s see how she feels about it.'

Donald Trump is suggesting that former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, should have rifles “shooting at her” to see how she feels about sending troops to fight. It was his latest suggestion that his rivals should be targeted with violence.

Cheney responded by branding the GOP presidential nominee a “cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”

The Republican presidential candidate has been using increasingly threatening rhetoric against his adversaries and talked of “enemies from within” undermining the country. Some of his former senior aides and Vice President Kamala Harris have labeled him a fascist in response.

At an event late Thursday in Arizona with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Trump was asked whether it was strange to see Cheney campaign against him. The former Wyoming Congresswoman has vocally opposed Trump since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and endorsed Harris, joining the Vice President at recent stops as they try to win over Republicans disaffected with Trump.

Trump called Cheney “a deranged person” and added, “But the reason she couldn’t stand me is that she always wanted to go to war with people. If it were up to her we’d be in 50 different countries.”

The former President continued: “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.”

“You know they’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, oh gee, well let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy,” Trump said.

Cheney responded Friday in a post on X: “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”

Earlier, after Harris’ campaign and other Trump critics on social media had pounced on his comment, Trump’s campaign said he “was talking about how Liz Cheney wants to send America’s sons and daughters to fight in wars despite never being in a war herself.”

In another statement, his campaign said Trump “was clearly describing a combat zone.”

The campaign said his comments were about his message that Harris and Cheney would lead to war and young people dying in conflict. He has claimed that if elected President again, he will “prevent World War III” and has falsely claimed that Harris has spoken about reinstating the military draft.

But Trump’s comments seeming to suggest Cheney face a firing squad sparked alarm from his critics.

Throughout his campaign, Trump has been fixated on the Americans he believes have wronged or betrayed him. He has portrayed them as worse than the United States’ foreign adversaries, referring to them as “enemies from within.”

He’s threatened to use the federal government, including the military, to go after them. And he has repeatedly threatened “long term prison sentences” for those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, including political operatives, donors and elected officials.

He said people he labeled as “the enemy from within” should be “very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military.”

Some of Trump’s supporters have said his talk of vengeance is either justified or hyperbole.

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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.

Associated Press


4 comments

  • Tom

    November 1, 2024 at 1:07 pm

    You have to give him points for trying. I’m sure there are still a few thousand women that he hasn’t alienated but even at this late stage, he’s still trying.

    Reply

  • White Spiteful Devil Rapist Trump

    November 1, 2024 at 1:13 pm

    Trump is mental unstable

    Reply

  • KathrynA

    November 1, 2024 at 1:39 pm

    So many, many of his comments have been appalling and so have many of his actions, but this has to be the worst of all. Wake up people, this man wants to be the vindictive, violent dictator and there are no guard rails to stop him, if elected!! The rule of law does not matter to him and his associates or many of the judges appointed under him. Just plain terrible and horrendous!

    Reply

    • PeterH

      November 1, 2024 at 1:58 pm

      I can no longer keep track of Trump’s “worst of all!” He’s trashed women, minorities, Americans with disabilities, veterans of war past and present, transgender……the list is endless.

      Reply

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