Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday directed violent rhetoric at former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, criticizing her past support for military action and saying she should face “nine barrels shooting at her” as a result, his latest advocacy of violence against his rivals.
“She’s a radical war hawk — let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? And let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face,” the former president and convicted felon said during an event in Glendale, Ariz., that was moderated by commentator Tucker Carlson.
Cheney, a former member from Wyoming and one-time chair of the House GOP Conference, was vice chair of the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. More recently, Cheney has endorsed and campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.
