Donald Trump has lashed out at Liz Cheney, his Republican critic, as a “radical war hawk” who should have “nine barrels shooting at her”, prompting immediate criticism of his “violent rhetoric” from the campaign of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
The Republican presidential nominee made the comments on Thursday night in Arizona at a campaign event with Tucker Carlson, the firebrand rightwing media host, with just days left before the US election next Tuesday.
“She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK?” Trump said. “Let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face.”