By james art GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump launched another attack on former Congresswoman Liz Cheney late Thursday, calling the Republican former congresswoman from Wyoming a “war hawk” and hinting that she might not be so inclined to send troops to beat if she had guns pointed at her.
During an event in Glendale, Arizona, with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, the Republican presidential candidate was asked if it was strange to see Cheney campaigning against him. Cheney has vocally opposed Trump since the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and has become a surrogate for his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump called Cheney a “crazy man,” then added, “But the reason she couldn’t stand me is she always wanted to go to war with people. If it were up to her, we’d be in 50 different countries.
After calling Cheney a “very dumb person,” he said: “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with the shotgun standing there with nine barrels firing at her. Well, let’s see how she feels. You know, when the guns are pointed at her face.
“You know they’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building and they’re saying, gosh, okay, let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy,” Trump said.
After the Harris campaign and other Trump critics on social media pounced on the quote, the Trump campaign responded that he was “talking about how Liz Cheney wants to send America’s sons and daughters to fight in wars, even though she herself it has never fought a war.’
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