GLENDALE, Ariz. — Donald Trump calls former Rep. Liz Cheney, one in every of his most outstanding Republican critics, a “struggle hawk” and suggests she may not be so prepared to ship troops to combat if she had weapons educated on her. Cheney responded by calling the Republican presidential candidate a “merciless and unstable man who needs to be a tyrant.”
At an occasion Thursday night time in Arizona that includes former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Trump was requested if it was unusual to see Cheney campaigning in opposition to him. The former Wyoming congressman has overtly opposed Trump for the reason that assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and has supported Democrat Kamala Harris within the race for the White House, becoming a member of the vice chairman in current stops.
Trump referred to as Cheney “a deranged particular person” and added: “But the rationale he could not stand me is he at all times wished to go to struggle with individuals. If it have been as much as her we might be in 50 completely different nations.”
The former president continued: “You are a radical warmongering hawk. Let’s put her there with the rifle and 9 barrels capturing at her. OK, let’s examine what he thinks. You know, when weapons are pointed in his face.
“You know they’re all bellicose hawks after they’re sitting in Washington in a pleasant constructing and saying, oh man, nicely let’s ship 10,000 troops straight into the mouth of the enemy,” Trump mentioned.
Cheney responded Friday in a publish on X: “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten demise to those that converse in opposition to them. We can not entrust our nation and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, merciless, unstable man who needs to be a tyrant.”
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten demise to those that converse in opposition to them. We can not entrust our nation and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, merciless, unstable man who needs to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala https://t.co/URH5s929Sa
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 1, 2024
Previously, after the Harris marketing campaign and different Trump critics on social media pounced on her remark, the Trump marketing campaign mentioned she was “speaking about how Liz Cheney needs to ship America’s little children to combat in struggle regardless of by no means having been to struggle herself.”
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