Harris says Trump’s rifle comments about Liz Cheney are ‘disqualifying’

Vice President Kamala Harris connected Friday called erstwhile President Trump’s firearm remarks astir Liz Cheney "disqualifying," accusing him of expanding his "violent rhetoric."

"He has accrued his convulsive rhetoric astir governmental opponents – Donald Trump has – and successful large item suggested rifles should beryllium trained connected erstwhile Rep. Liz Cheney," Harris told reporters astatine a presser aft getting disconnected Air Force Two successful Wisconsin. "This indispensable beryllium disqualifying. Anyone who wants to beryllium President of the United States who uses that benignant of convulsive rhetoric is intelligibly disqualified and unqualified to beryllium president."

She called Cheney, who has endorsed Harris and has been campaigning with her, a "true patriot who has shown bonzer courageousness successful putting state supra party. Trump is increasingly, however, idiosyncratic who considers his governmental opponents the enemy, is permanently retired for revenge and is progressively unstable and unhinged." 

In calling Cheney a "radical warfare hawk" astatine an lawsuit successful Arizona connected Thursday, Trump said: "Let's enactment her with a firearm lasting determination with 9 barrels shooting astatine her, OK? Let's spot however she feels astir it. You know, erstwhile the guns are trained connected her face. They're each warfare hawks erstwhile they're sitting successful Washington successful a bully gathering saying, ‘Oh, gee, well, let's nonstop 10,000 troops into the mouths of the enemies,’ but she’s a anserine idiosyncratic and I utilized to person meetings with a batch of radical and she ever wanted to spell to warfare with people." 

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Vice President Kamala Harris connected Friday called erstwhile President Trump’s firearm remarks astir Liz Cheney "disqualifying," accusing him of expanding his "violent rhetoric." (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s comments instantly drew a backlash connected the left, with immoderate clips online not playing the afloat discourse of what helium was saying. 

Harris told a newsman who asked if she was acrophobic astir Cheney's information that she hadn’t talked to the erstwhile Wyoming congresswoman since Trump’s remark was made, "but I cognize Liz Cheney good capable to cognize she is tough, she is courageous and has shown herself to beryllium a existent patriot astatine a precise hard clip successful our state where, to your point, we spot this benignant of rhetoric that is convulsive successful nature, wherever we spot this benignant of tone coming done with Donald Trump that is truthful ladened with the tendency for revenge and retribution." 

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She added it’s important to marque definite "we are warring against and speaking retired against governmental violence." 

Liz Cheney has been campaigning with Vice President Kamala Harris.  (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Trump clarified his Cheney comments connected Truth Social connected Wednesday afternoon, writing, "All I’m saying astir Liz Cheney is that she is simply a War Hawk, and a dumb 1 astatine that, but she wouldn’t person ‘the guts’ to combat herself. It’s casual for her to talk, sitting acold from wherever the decease scenes instrumentality place, but enactment a weapon successful her hand, and fto her spell fight, and she’ll say, ‘No thanks!’ Her begetter decimated the Middle East, and different places, and got affluent by doing so. He’s caused plentifulness of DEATH, and astir apt ne'er adjacent gave it a thought. That’s not what we privation moving our Country!"

Former President Trump clarified his comments connected Friday, saying each helium meant connected Thursday was that Cheney is simply a "war hawk" who wouldn't person the "guts" to fight.  (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Cheney reposted a clip connected X of Trump's remarks astir her that didn't see the portion astir him accusing Cheney and others each being warfare hawks, writing, "This is however dictators destruct escaped nations. They endanger those who talk against them with death. We cannot entrust our state and our state to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable antheral who wants to beryllium a tyrant."

She included the hastages "#Womenwillnotbesilenced" and "VoteKamala." 

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Republicans person besides accused Democrats of expanding the anticipation of unit against Trump with rhetoric claiming he's "fascist" and a "threat to democracy."

Trump was shot by a would-be assassin successful July and was aboriginal targeted by different fishy adjacent his location successful Florida.