Trump: Liz Cheney might not be such a warhawk if a gun was pointed at her

Harris and Liz Cheney’s vice presidential campaign in Wisconsin

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Former President Donald Trump called former Republican Liz Cheney a “deranged person” and a “radical war hawk” on Thursday, suggesting to Tucker Carlson that she might not be as willing to send troops into combat if a gun was pointed at her.

Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, he has been actively campaigning against Trump in recent weeks presidential race. She appeared with Vice President Kamala Harris at several campaign events, and her father, the former vice president, also endorsed Harris over Trump. Cheney has been a vocal opponent of Trump since 2010 January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) at a town hall at the Royal Oak Music Theater on October 21, 2024 in Royal Oak, Michigan. Cheney joined Vice President Harris for the stops on Monday

At an event in Glendale, Arizona, with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Trump was asked if it was weird watching Cheney campaign against him.

Trump responded by calling Cheney a “deranged person.”

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“But the reason she couldn’t stand me was because she always wanted to go to war with people. If it were up to her, we’d be in 50 different countries,” Trump said.

After calling Cheney “a very stupid person,” he said: “He is a radical war hawk. Let’s put her there with a rifle and nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let’s see what she thinks about this. You know when guns are pointed at her face.

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

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The Harris campaign and Trump’s critics immediately pounced on the quote.

When asked about these comments, a Trump campaign representative replied that he was “talking about how Liz Cheney wants to send America’s sons and daughters to fight in wars even though she has never fought in one herself.”