前众议员利兹·切尼周一在美国广播公司的“观点”节目中表示，前总统唐纳德·特朗普对她的暴力言论是“威胁恐吓”，不会起作用。
切尼说，虽然特朗普批评她是“战争鹰派”并不新鲜，但他上周的评论表明，她被放在火线上，用枪“对准她的脸”，这是一种升级。
“他知道自己在做什么，”切尼在特朗普讲话的片段播放后说。“他知道这是一个带有恐吓意图的威胁。显然，恐吓是行不通的。”
切尼接着表示，特朗普试图转移她的竞选信息，即他在2020年大选失利后以及在袭击美国国会大厦期间的行为不适合担任公职。
“人们冲进来，恳求他，告诉暴徒离开，他不会，”切尼说。“这种程度的堕落，他知道自己无法辩解，他知道美国人民不会再将权力赋予任何做出如此残忍行为的人。”
因为他对此无法回应，所以他试图改变话题。他试图威胁，但这是独裁者试图让他们的政治对手保持沉默，”切尼补充说。
当这位前总统对切尼的评论上周成为头条新闻时，特朗普的竞选团队辩称，他的话被媒体断章取义了。他们说，他的意思是切尼将派美国人去打仗，而不是自己去打仗。
特朗普在“福克斯”上发表了类似的言论周六的《老友记》。
“‘我说，把枪放在她手里，让她出去，让她拿着枪面对敌人，他们会有9个人或12个人或100个人。’我说，‘让我们看看她是怎么站起来的。因为我说她没有勇气这么做，”特朗普一边打电话给网络一边说。
切尼是共和党人，曾经是党内的一颗新星，但主要因为对川普的直言不讳的批评而失去了连任，她支持副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯。在哈里斯努力争取心怀不满的共和党选民的时候，这两位女性一起出现在几个场合。
在“观点”节目中，切尼被问及她不仅支持哈里斯，而且第一次投票给民主党的决定。
切尼称哈里斯是“这场竞选中唯一严肃、负责任的成年人”，并表示她希望动摇保守派，他们正在考虑写一个不同的候选人以抗议特朗普，而不是投票给哈里斯。
“我想确保全国人民都明白，你们没有这种奢侈。我们必须打败他，”她说。“我无法告诉你我有多自豪能和卡玛拉·哈里斯和蒂姆·沃尔兹一起加入这个圈子。”
切尼说，她认为共和党在这次选举中失败后，将不得不做出“很多改变”，并抨击国会领导人，如众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊和参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔，他们继续支持川普。
这位前国会女议员说:“我认为，如果他没有这些促成因素，如果他没有那些试图澄清他所说的话的人，他就不会成功。”。“它教会了我们很多关于我们选举的人的事情。这教会了我们很多关于懦弱的东西。”
切尼还表示担心众议院共和党人会阻止哈里斯获胜的认证。
切尼说，她相信女性将“在这次选举中力挽狂澜”，并回应了特朗普上周的评论，即他将“保护”女性，“不管她们喜欢与否。”
“好啊，我有个更好的主意。让我们，让我们明天打败唐纳德·特朗普，不管他喜不喜欢，”她说。
Liz Cheney says Trump's 'intimidation' won't work, urges Republicans to vote Harris
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, during an appearance on ABC's "The View" on Monday, said former President Donald Trump's violent rhetoric toward her is a "threat to intimidate" that won't work.
Cheney said while Trump's criticism of her as a "war hawk" is not new, his comments last week suggesting she be put in the line of fire with guns "trained on at her face" is an escalation.
"He knows what he's doing," Cheney said after a clip of Trump's remarks were shown. "He knows it's a threat with the intent to intimidate. Obviously, the intimidation won't work."
Cheney went on to suggest Trump is trying to distract from her message on the campaign trail that he is unfit for office after his conduct following his 2020 election loss and during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
"People were rushing in, pleading with him, tell the mob to leave, and he wouldn't," Cheney said. "And that level of depravity, he knows he has no defense to that and he knows that the American people will not entrust again with power anyone who would do something that cruel."
"And so because he can't respond to that, he tries to change his subject. He tries to threaten, but it's what autocrats do to try to get their political adversaries to be silent," Cheney added.
Trump's campaign, when the former president's comments about Cheney made headlines last week, argued his words were being taken out of context by the media. They said he meant that Cheney would send Americans to fight wars rather than going to combat herself.
Trump made a similar claim on "Fox& Friends" on Saturday.
"'I said, put a gun in her hand and let her go out and let her face the enemy with a gun in her hand, and they'll have nine people or 12 people or 100 people.' I said, 'Let's see how she stands up. Because I say she wouldn't have the guts to do it,'" Trump said as he called into the network.
Cheney, a Republican who was once a rising star in her party but lost reelection largely over her vocal criticism of Trump, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. The two women have appeared together at several events as Harris works to woo disaffected Republican voters.On "The View," Cheney was asked to reflect on her decision to not only endorse Harris but vote Democrat for the first time.
Cheney called Harris the only "serious, responsible adult in this race" and said she wants to sway conservatives who are thinking of writing in a different candidate in protest of Trump rather than voting for Harris.
"I want to make sure people all across the country understand you don't have that luxury. We have to defeat him," she said. "I can't tell you how proud I was to fill in that circle next to Kamala Harris and Tim Walz."
Cheney said she believed the Republican Party, after this election should they lose, would have to make a "lot of changes" and swiped at leaders in Congress like House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell who continue to support Trump.
"I think that he wouldn't be successful if he didn't have these enablers, if he didn't have people who tried to, sort of to, sane wash the things that he's saying," the former congresswoman said. "It taught us a lot about the people we elected. It's taught us a lot about cowardice."
Cheney also expressed concern that House Republicans would work to prevent the certification of a Harris win.
Cheney said she believed women would "save the day in this election" and responded to Trump's comment last week that he would "protect" women "whether they like it or not."
"Yeah, I have a better idea. Let's, let's defeat Donald Trump tomorrow, whether he likes it or not," she said.
