Amid row over Donald Trump’s violent invective targeted at former Wyoming Congresswoman Republican Liz Cheney, Trump called her a disaster as he clarified his controversial remark. Liz Cheney, daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, has been vocal against Trump and emerged as a key player in this year’s tight election as she endorsed Kamala Harris and campaigned for her extensively.
What did Donald Trump say about Liz Cheney? What is the controversy?
During an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump said Liz Cheney is a war hawk. “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it, You know, when the guns are trained on her face”.
“They’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, ‘Oh, gee, well let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy.'”
A massive controversy began over this remark as vice president Kamala Harris said these remarks should “disqualify” Trump from the election.
Arizona attorney general’s office is now probing Trump’s comment about Liz Cheney while the GOP said Kamala Harris campaign misinterpreted Trump’s comment and called it a death threat while Trump only talked about sending Liz Cheney to war.
In her reply, Liz Cheney mentioned death drawing flak from MAGA supporters who said Trump did not give her a death threat. “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,”
Donald Trump’s clarification and ‘disaster’ jibe
Donald Trump put out a clarification on Truth Social in which he wrote that he called Liz Cheney a war hawk and a dumb war hawk. But she wouldn’t have “the guts” to fight herself. “It’s easy for her to talk, sitting far from where the death scenes take place, but put a gun in her hand, and let her go fight, and she’ll say, “No thanks!” Her father decimated the Middle East, and other places, and got rich by doing so. He’s caused plenty of DEATH, and probably never even gave it a thought. That’s not what we want running our Country!” Trump said.
Pushing harder on that remark, Trump then said during his campaign stops that Liz Cheney is a disaster. If you ever put her on a battlefield, she will be the first one to chicken out, Trump said.
