Liz Cheney might not be a “war hawk” if she had guns pointed at her

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has launched another attack on former rep. Liz Cheney Thursday night, calling the former Wyoming Republican congresswoman a “war hawk” and suggesting she might not be as willing to send troops into battle if they had guns pointed at her.

During an event in Glendale, Arizona with former Fox News host 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 disturbed person,” then added, “But the reason he couldn’t stand me is that he 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 stupid individual,” he said: “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s have her standing shotgun with nine barrels firing at her. Okay, let’s see how he feels about it. You know, when guns are pointed in her face.

“You know they’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, oh, 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 “she was talking about how Liz Cheney wants to send America’s sons and daughters to fight in wars, even though she herself has never been in a war’.

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