The Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trumpsuggested this Thursday evening that the former MP from her own party Liz Cheney should face a firing squad for their positions on foreign policy.
Cheney and her father, the former Republican vice president Dick Cheney (2001-2009), announced their I am voting for the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, confront Trump and the Republican Party apparatus.
“He’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her there with a rifle and nine cannons pointed at her, ALL RIGHT? Let’s see what he thinks, with guns pointed right in his face,” Trump said at a rally in Arizona.
Cheney, who Trump also defined as “a very stupid person”, campaigned for Harris.
“This is how dictators destroy free countries“They threaten with death those who speak against them,” declared the former MP on the social network X.
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten with death those who speak against them. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel and unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Women will not be silenced #VoteKamala
– Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 1, 2024
“We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a wicked, vengeful and cruel man. and unstable who aspires to become a tyrant,” he added.
Trump’s statements come amid a bitter election campaign in which the former president also suggested employ military forces to confront the “enemy within”referring to some of his political rivals.
Cheney, who became number 3 Republican in the House of Representatives, was one of the few to have dared to stand up to Trump during his mandate, something that cost him his position as a congressman and ostracism within the party.
