{"id":2362760,"date":"2024-11-01T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-rush-to-defend-warhawk-liz-cheney-from-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:23:11","slug":"leftist-media-rush-to-defend-warhawk-liz-cheney-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-rush-to-defend-warhawk-liz-cheney-from-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Media Rush To Defend Warhawk Liz Cheney From Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-media-rush-to-defend-warhawk-liz-cheney-from-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362760&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump recently criticized former Representative Liz Cheney for her support of military intervention, claiming she is a &#8220;radical warhawk&#8221; eager to send Americans into\u200c conflict. \u200dDuring a campaign event with Tucker Carlson, Trump made remarks suggesting \u200bthat Cheney, along with other members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-hoft-from-tgp-presents-at-transform-washington-on-january-6-web-conference-video\/\" title=\"Joe Hoft from TGP Presents at \u201cTransform Washington on January 6\u201d Web conference (VIDEO)\">military-industrial complex<\/a>, would not face the consequences\u2064 of their decisions, highlighting the\u2063 disparity between their\u200b positions and \u2064the realities of war. However, legacy media outlets misrepresented Trump&#8217;s statements,\u200d framing them as \u200cincitements of violence against Cheney, including headlines that suggested he called for \u2063her to face a &#8220;firing \u2062squad.&#8221; Trump\u2019s communication chief, Tim Murtaugh, defended him, asserting that Trump was \u200bmerely describing Cheney in the context\u200c of military deployment and that the media&#8217;s portrayal \u2062was fabricated.\u200c Meanwhile, \u2063Cheney responded by accusing Trump of dictatorial \u200bbehavior, framing her response as a stand \u200dagainst tyranny and endorsing\u2064 Kamala Harris. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">exchange highlights ongoing political tensions<\/a> and the role of media\u2063 in shaping narratives around political figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When former President Donald Trump criticized former Rep. Liz Cheney for trying to push Americans into war, the legacy media rushed to her defense, twisting Trump&rsquo;s words to make it  seem like he was threatening her with a firing squad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s a radical warhawk. Let&rsquo;s put her with a rifle, standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let&rsquo;s see how she feels about it, when the guns are trained on her face. They&rsquo;re all warhawks when they&rsquo;re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, &lsquo;Gee, let&rsquo;s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?539683-1\/president-trump-campaigns-tucker-carlson-glendale-arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Thursday at a campaign event with Tucker Carlson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Trump was saying Cheney wants to send Americans to die in overseas wars. He pointed out she &mdash; and other D.C. elites in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/military-industrial-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">military-industrial complex<\/a> &mdash; would never put themselves in the positions they are placing the nation&rsquo;s soldiers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d have meetings with a lot of people, and she always wanted to go to war with people,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>But legacy media, in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/leftist-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">typical<\/a> style, cherry-picked Trump&rsquo;s comments to make it seem he &mdash; not Cheney &mdash; was inciting violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/news\/live-updates\/2024-election-updates-trump-uses-violent-rhetoric-to-attack-war-hawk-liz-cheney-115388990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violent<\/a> rhetoric to attack &lsquo;war hawk&rsquo; Liz Cheney,&rdquo; reads a headline from Good Morning America. The host <a href=\"https:\/\/video.goodmorningamerica.com\/news\/video\/trump-sits-tucker-carlson-final-sprint-election-day-115386201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacked<\/a> Trump and applauded Harris during Friday morning&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/video.goodmorningamerica.com\/news\/video\/harris-holds-star-studded-rally-las-vegas-115385693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">show<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She said Trump was using &ldquo;increasing dark and violent rhetoric against his political rivals &hellip; even suggesting former House Republican leader Liz Cheney, who has endorsed Kamala Harris, be put in the line of fire.&rdquo; Meanwhile, another headline from the show said Harris held a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/video.goodmorningamerica.com\/news\/video\/harris-holds-star-studded-rally-las-vegas-115385693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">star-studded<\/a> rally in Las Vegas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reuters pulled a similar stunt. &ldquo;Trump suggests Liz Cheney should face firing squad for her foreign policy stance,&rdquo; reads its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-suggests-liz-cheney-should-face-firing-squad-her-foreign-policy-stance-2024-11-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a>. The outlet cherry-picked the first section of Trump&rsquo;s comment about Cheney &ldquo;standing there with nine barrels shooting at her&rdquo; and &ldquo;guns trained on her face&rdquo; &mdash; omitting the rest of his comments.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Murtaugh, Trump&rsquo;s communications chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1852352127315894573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> the piece &ldquo;100% fabricated crap&rdquo; and &ldquo;a lie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump was obviously depicting Cheney as deployed to a war zone (with her own rifle, even. How&rsquo;s that a &lsquo;firing squad&rsquo;?) just as she&rsquo;s done to others,&rdquo; Murtaugh posted to X.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>This Reuters piece is 100% fabricated crap. A lie.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was obviously depicting Cheney as deployed to a war zone (with her own rifle, even. How&rsquo;s that a &ldquo;firing squad&rdquo;?) just as she&rsquo;s done to others.<\/p>\n<p>No byline on the Reuters piece? So brave.<\/p>\n<p>Also, here&rsquo;s the real quote: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQqWIMHH3Q\">pic.twitter.com\/TQqWIMHH3Q<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1852352127315894573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A simple Google search reveals many similarly dishonest takes from left-wing media, from The New York Times to Newsweek. A headline from The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-fantasizes-about-liz-cheney-facing-the-firing-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even claims<\/a> &ldquo;Trump Fantasizes About Shooting Female Rival in the Face.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cheney quickly jumped on Trump&rsquo;s remarks, painting herself as a victim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death,&rdquo; Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Liz_Cheney\/status\/1852292100844621974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Never mind this supposed &ldquo;dictator&rdquo; wants to end <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/19\/two-years-and-113-billion-later-d-c-s-america-last-crew-has-no-plan-for-ending-the-russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forever wars<\/a> on the other side of the world and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/08\/in-oval-office-interview-trump-blasts-mattis-military-industrial-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismantle<\/a> the military-industrial complex, while Cheney would happily <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/17\/liz-cheney-puts-the-forever-in-forever-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">send<\/a> Americans to die in conflicts across the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/16\/liz-cheney-is-no-martyr-just-another-rich-entitled-member-of-the-d-c-establishment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist&rsquo;s Mark Hemingway pointed out left-wing media are knowingly spreading this dishonest take to bash Trump.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#8220;Trump gonna call for Liz Cheney to face a firing squad&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This is a nonsensical interpretation of what he said, he made a clear rhetorical point about politicians voting for war w\/o bearing the burden of fighting them. <\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t imagine why people openly say they hate the press! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wKwRSh7HlM\">https:\/\/t.co\/wKwRSh7HlM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heminator\/status\/1852345257075098047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Heminator\/status\/1852341609641206149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> the left has shifted from attacking Republicans as supposed neocons and warhawks, to defending neocons and warhawks from Republican criticism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I lived through the Iraq war and I&rsquo;m sorry but now DEMOCRATS are outraged by the suggestion rich politicians vote for wars without bearing the burden of fighting in them?&rdquo; Hemingway wrote on X. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s all they said about Republicans for almost a decade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>For more election news and updates, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/electionbriefing.com\/\"><em>electionbriefing.com<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-clark-county-keeps-commercial-addresses-on-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Clark County Keeps Commercial Addresses On Voter Rolls\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is originally from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump criticized Liz Cheney for promoting war, and media misrepresented his words as a threat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2362761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-01-at-11.38.48%E2%80%AFAM-1024x523.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[44165,40143,32171,3634,42340],"class_list":["post-2362760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-leftist-media","tag-liz-cheney","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump","tag-warhawk"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-01-at-11.38.48%E2%80%AFAM-1024x523.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}