Liz Cheney slams Trump after he says guns should be 'pointed at her face'

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Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., responded Friday after former President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that she should point guns “at her face” because the former lawmaker has become an outspoken anti-Trump and Trump has used increasingly violent rhetoric, threatening retaliation against his political enemies.

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Dick Cheney also came out in support of Harris ahead of Election Day, calling Trump a “threat to our republic” and saying that Americans “have a duty to put our country above partisanship and defend our Constitution.” Trump responded on stage with Carlson before attacking the younger Cheney, saying he “doesn't blame Dick Cheney for holding on to his daughter.” The ex-president has previously made harsher statements against the former vice president. He called him a “fool” on Truth Social after he endorsed Harris and criticized the U.S.'s “ridiculous trip to the Middle East” during Cheney's time in the White House.

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Trump has come under fire for his increasingly violent rhetoric ahead of Election Day, as the former president has vowed revenge against his enemies if he wins and announced plans for harsh measures such as the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. He suggested that “a day of violence” in the United States would bring an end to crime, saying, for example, that its mass deportations would be “a bloody story.” He described Democrats and his political rivals as “enemies from within” and suggested any opposition “should be handled very easily by the National Guard or the military.” The former president has also repeatedly criticized Cheney for becoming one of the most prominent anti-Trump conservatives, calling her a “low-IQ war hawk” and “one of the dumber people in politics.” Cheney and her father are among a growing number of conservatives who have endorsed Harris ahead of Election Day, along with figures such as former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, Bush-era Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Jimmy McCain . Son of the late Senator John McCain.

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