Donald Trump made violent threats against former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney Thursday night during a campaign appearance with Tucker Carlson, saying the "war hawk" should "face a firing squad" with "nine barrels" when the "guns are trained on her face."
While corporate media downplayed Trump's rhetoric, most social media users didn't, calling for him to be arrested for threatening the life of an American citizen considering he's a convicted felon out on bail awaiting sentencing in 24 days.
"Why are we talking about anything else?" one Twitter user posted.
On Friday, the Democratic Attorney General of Arizona, Kris Mayes, announced her office has opened a case against Trump to investigate whether or not his remarks broke the law. “I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona’s laws,” Mayes said during a taping of “Sunday Square Off” on 12NEWS in Phoenix.
Trump has a long history of making violent threats against his perceived enemies, particularly those who won't let him rewrite the history of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol.
Instead of apologizing for his remarks against Cheney, who voted to impeach him twice and was also the Vice Co-Chair of the January 6th House Select Committee, Trump doubled and tripled down on his take that Cheney should face a firing squad so she can feel the fear, first at his unhinged rally in Wisconsin Friday night and then again on Fox News Saturday morning.