Harris Calls Trumps Violent Language About Liz Cheney Disqualifying

Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that Donald J.Trump had disqualified himself from serving as the nation’s chief executive by suggesting that Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, should be put on a battlefield “with nine barrels shooting at her.”Mr.

Trump, the Republican candidate for president, made his remarks Thursday night in an end-of-campaign burst of vitriol that intensified his dispute with one of the most prominent political families in the nation and drew criticism from leaders of both parties.The attacks on Ms.

Cheney became a dominant theme of this final Friday of the general election campaign, when early voting was already well underway.Ms.Harris, speaking to reporters Friday as she stood on the tarmac in front of Air Force Two after landing in Madison, Wis., said that Mr.

Trump had “increased his violent rhetoric” when he “in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former Representative Liz Cheney.”“This must be disqualifying,” said Ms.Harris, the Democratic candidate for president.

“Anyone who wants to be president of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified, and unqualified, to be president.”Mr.Trump made his remarks imagining violence directed at Ms.

Cheney — a former congresswoman and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney — on Thursday night during an onstage interview with Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host.“She’s a radical war hawk,” Mr.Trump said during the event, which was held at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz.

“Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it.You know, when the guns are trained on her face.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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