The former president, candidate for a new term, attacked Liz Cheney, former pillar of the Republican Party, who now supports Kamala Harris.
A campaign of daggers drawn. While there are only a few days left before the election, scheduled for November 5, Donald Trump suggested on Thursday evening, October 31, that he threaten Liz Cheney, a Republican who supported the businessman's rival. Kamala Harris, during an interview given to Fox News, from Arizona.
“Let's put her gun in her hand facing nine barrels of guns shooting at her. Let's see what she would think. You know, with the guns pointed at her,” he suggested.
Accusing Liz Cheney of being an “enemy within” and a “radical warmonger,” Donald Trump was interviewed by popular Fox New host Tucker Carlson during a public interview.
Trump called “a petty and cruel man”
Liz Cheney, who with another elected Republican was part of the parliamentary commission responsible for investigating the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, responded with a message on X.
“This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten death to those who speak unfavorably of them. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel and unstable man who intends to be a tyrant.” , she tackled.
Jaime Harrison, president of the Democratic Party, also reacted by calling Donald Trump a “disturbed, delusional and dangerous” man.
Daughter of Dick Cheney, former vice president of the United States between 2002 and 2009, Liz Cheney was a member of the House of Representatives for Wyoming.
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