Liz Cheney Sounds Alarm After Donald Trump Suggests She Face Firing Squad: 'How Dictators Destroy Free Nations'
The former congresswoman called Trump a "cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant" on social media
Liz Cheney is sounding the alarm over Donald Trump.
While making an appearance at Tucker Carlson's Live Tour on Thursday, Oct. 31, in Glendale, Arizona, Trump, 78, referred to the former congresswoman, 58, as a “war hawk” and said, “Let’s see how she feels about it … When the guns are trained on her face.”
Per CNN, Trump’s comments came after he said he was surprised former Vice President Dick Cheney — Liz’s father — had endorsed Kamala Harris because he had pardoned Cheney’s former chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who was convicted of perjury in 2007.
“I don’t blame him for sticking with his daughter, but his daughter’s a very dumb individual, very dumb,” Trump said in footage posted on X (formerly Twitter) of Liz, who has been a vocal critic of him since the Jan. 6 insurrection.
“She’s a radical war hawk,” Trump continued. “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.”
Reacting to Trump’s comments on X, Cheney reposted a video of the moment alongside the words, “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. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala.”
Cheney endorsed Harris, 60, in September. According to the Associated Press, she announced her support of the U.S. vice president at an event at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
“I don’t believe that we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names, particularly in swing states,” she said in a video posted on X from the event, according to the outlet.
“As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this. Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris.”.
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Shortly after, her father Dick, 83, also endorsed Harris and denounced Trump.
“He can never be trusted with power again,” Dick said in a statement, per AP. “As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Trump’s comments about Cheney come as he has ramped up his personal attacks against Harris ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Last month, Trump called Harris a "s--- vice president” during a rally in Pennsylvania.
The presidential candidate used the expletive when referring to Harris while speaking at Latrobe's Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on Oct. 19,
On Sunday, Oct. 27 comedian Tony Hinchcliffe also drew criticism for describing Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" at a Trump rally in Madison Square Garden.
The racially charged jokes prompted Jennifer Lopez to join fellow Puerto Ricans Sunny Hostin and Nicky Jam in criticizing the Trump campaign.
“He reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” Lopez, 55, said at a Harris rally on Thursday, Oct. 31. “It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, okay? It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity and anyone of decent character.”