Trump tells Tucker Carlson Liz Cheney might not be a war hawk if she had nine barrels

On October 31, 2024 — five days before the presidential election — former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Glendale, Arizona moderated by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Targeting former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) — who had been a member of the January 6 Committee and endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — Trump says: "She's a radical war hawk — let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? And let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face." Cheney responds: "Donald Trump continues to display the unstable and dangerous temperament that makes him unfit to be president." She adds that Trump is "a tyrant." Trump's campaign defends the remarks, arguing he was discussing combat conditions. Multiple Republican officials decline to condemn the statement. The remarks are made in the final week of the 2024 presidential campaign as Trump is polling within the margin in multiple battleground states. They follow Trump's October 26 "enemies from within" comments and are part of a sustained closing-stretch escalation of threatening rhetoric against named political opponents.