The mainstream media and establishment politicians are promoting one of the biggest lies of this election cycle as they simultaneously promote the false claim that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump called for RINO Republican Liz Cheney to be killed by a firing squad during an onstage conversation with journalist Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Arizona, Thursday.
Outlets such as The Drudge Report, Newsweek, MSNBC, CNN and dozens of others told their millions of followers “Trump calls for Cheney’s execution” along with various misleading headlines.
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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) November 1, 2024
Trump says 'war hawk' Liz Cheney should have 'guns trained on her face' https://t.co/j76uWeWWc3
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 1, 2024
Trump is threatening Liz Cheney with firing squads and y’all in corporate media are covering garbage propaganda. Do your damn jobs.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 1, 2024
Donald Trump has called for the execution of Liz Cheney. When will it ever be enough?
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) November 1, 2024
See the screenshot below to see the top stories that appeared on Google search results Friday morning.
In reality, Trump clearly called Cheney a war hawk who sends Americans to die in wars while refusing to fight in a war herself.
Speaking about former Vice President Dick Cheney while onstage with Tucker, Trump mentioned “his daughter” Liz Cheney, saying she’s “a very dumb individual.”
“She’s a radical war hawk,” Trump continued. “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her okay? Let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face. They’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building, saying, ‘Oh, gee will. Let’s send ten thousand troops right into the mouth of the enemy.’ But, she’s a stupid person, and I used to have meetings with a lot of people and she always wanted to go to war with people…”
Here’s the full context of the Liz Cheney clip.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) November 1, 2024
Trump was clearly talking about sending Liz Cheney to war since she loves war.
The media is saying he called for her to be executed.
Total lie from the media. pic.twitter.com/j7woj6qy0w
Playing victim while lying to the public, Cheney responded, “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala https://t.co/URH5s929Sa
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 1, 2024
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” pushed the false claim, saying Trump talked “about sending a prominent Republican to the firing squad.”
"Think about the contrast between these two candidates: You have Trump talking about sending a prominent Republican to the firing squad — and you have VP Harris talking about sending one to her cabinet. This is the difference in this race."
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) November 1, 2024
— @IanSams reacts to Trump's latest… pic.twitter.com/f9VbOYArrh
Liz Cheney issues a response on X to Trump's comments: “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.” pic.twitter.com/aRTLvQ92Fm
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 1, 2024
CNN anchor Kasie Hunt also said Trump suggested Cheney “should be fired upon.”
WATCH: Donald Trump suggests @Liz_Cheney should be fired upon
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) November 1, 2024
It's an escalation of his violent rhetoric
My open of today's @CNNThisMorning
Cheney just responded to Trump — shown below https://t.co/85RJ5VGZG3 pic.twitter.com/oxV0taVsEk
Journalist Glenn Greenwald, founder of The Intercept, called the blatant lie “one of the most pathetic media lies about Trump in awhile.”
Explaining what actually took place during the Trump and Tucker sit-down, Greenwald wrote, “Trump was making the valid — and important — point that, like many in DC, Liz Cheney is a maniacal warmonger because it’s never her or her dad that endures the horrors of war.”
This is one of the most pathetic media lies about Trump in awhile, and that's saying a lot.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 1, 2024
Trump was making the valid — and important — point that, like many in DC, Liz Cheney is a maniacal warmonger because it's never her or her dad that endures the horrors of war. https://t.co/McQPeg8RSb
X owner Elon Musk put it bluntly, writing, “The diplomats want war and the soldiers want peace.”
The diplomats want war and the soldiers want peace https://t.co/6FsVALxV7C
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2024
The media and Democrats are becoming more hysterical as Election Day approaches.