Donald Trump suggests putting Liz Cheney in the face of guns pointed at her

Published on November 1, 2024 at 2:03 p.m.

The Republican candidate made the remarks Thursday evening during a public interview with conservative host Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Arizona. He accused Liz Cheney, his political bête noire, of being a “radical warmonger.” “Let’s put her rifle in hand facing nine barrels of guns shooting at her. Let’s see what she would think. You know, with the guns pointed at her,” Donald Trump said, evoking the image of a firing squad.

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 with death those who speak of them in unfavorable terms. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel and unstable man who intends to be a tyrant. Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic Party, also reacted by calling Donald Trump a “disturbed, delusional and dangerous” man.