Liz Cheney Sounds Alarm After Donald Trump Suggests She Face Firing Squad: 'How Dictators Destroy Free Nations'

Mar. 15, 2025

Liz Cheney and Donald Trump

Liz Cheneyis sounding the alarm overDonald Trump.

While making an appearance atTucker Carlson’s Live Tour on Thursday, Oct. 31, in Glendale, Arizona, Trump, 78, referred to the former congresswoman, 58, as a “war hawk” and said, “Let’s see how she feels about it … When the guns are trained on her face.”

“I don’t blame him for sticking with his daughter, but his daughter’s a very dumb individual, very dumb,” Trump said in footage postedon X(formerly Twitter) of Liz, who has been a vocal critic of him since theJan. 6 insurrection.

“She’s a radical war hawk,” Trump continued. “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.”

Donald Trump with Tucker Carlson on October 31, 2024.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 31: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump sits down for a conversation with Tucker Carlson during his Live Tour at the Desert Diamond Arena on October 31, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election in New Mexico and the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona on Thursday.

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Cheney endorsed Harris, 60, in September. According to theAssociated Press, she announced her support of the U.S. vice president at an event at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

“I don’t believe that we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names, particularly in swing states,” she said in a video posted on X from the event, according to the outlet.

“As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this. Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris.”.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 26: Liz Cheney is seen in conversation with with David Remnick during The 2024 New Yorker Festival at Webster Hall on October 26, 2024 in New York City.

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Shortly after, her father Dick, 83, also endorsed Harris and denounced Trump.

“He can never be trusted with power again,” Dick said in a statement, perAP. “As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”

Kamala Harris.Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg/Getty

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The race for the White House will reach a fever pitch this week, with Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump battling for momentum, and attention, around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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Last month, Trump called Harris a"s— vice president”during a rally in Pennsylvania.

The presidential candidate used the expletive when referring to Harris while speaking at Latrobe’s Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on Oct. 19,

On Sunday, Oct. 27 comedian Tony Hinchcliffe also drew criticism for describing Puerto Rico as a"floating island of garbage"at a Trump rally in Madison Square Garden.

Theracially charged jokespromptedJennifer Lopezto join fellow Puerto RicansSunny HostinandNicky Jamin criticizing the Trump campaign.

“He reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” Lopez, 55,said at a Harris rallyon Thursday, Oct. 31. “It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, okay? It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity and anyone of decent character.”

source: people.com