Liz Cheney Fires Back at Trump, Accuses Him of Threatening Her ‘With Death’ in Blistering Counter

Liz Cheney shot back at former President Donald Trump’s comments from Thursday night, where he darkly floated a scenario where guns were firing at the former Republican Congressional leader and Kamala Harris supporter.

At issue are comments made during an event hosted by Tucker Carlson, in which Trump blasted Cheney as “stupid” and a “warhawk” but then insulted her suggesting that she’d behave differently if there were guns “shooting at her.” Referring to Cheney as “a very dumb individual,” he then said:

She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrel shooting at her. Okay. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.

Suggesting a scenario in which a political enemy is fired upon is a dangerous level of heated rhetoric. It has caused an early firestorm just days before the presidential election. Cheney did not take the comments lightly, posting her retort on social media.

Cheney wrote, “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.

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