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At Arizona Event with Tucker Carlson, Trump Suggests Guns Should Be Trained on Liz Cheney

Nov 1, 2024, 12:16 PM

At a campaign event with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Arizona on November 1, 2024, former President Donald Trump criticized former Republican Representative Liz Cheney, calling her a "radical war hawk." He suggested that Cheney should "stand with a rifle" and have "nine barrels shooting at her" to see "how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face." The remarks have drawn backlash over the violent imagery used against a political opponent. Cheney responded, saying, "This is how dictators destroy free nations."