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Trump criticism of Liz Cheney as 'radical war hawk' framed as call for violence by 'irresponsible' media

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    -16% Somewhat Liberal

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    50% ReliableFair

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    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -68% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : You know, when the guns are trained on her face," Trump is heard saying in the clip that set the tone for MSNBC and CNN's Friday morning programming.
30% : Kilmeade said he saw the full clip and didn't feel the comments were even particularly newsworthy, as it was simply Trump suggesting he's against sending Americans to war.
25% : They're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, 'Oh gee, well let's send 10,000 troops into the mouths of the enemies,' 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," Trump said.
20% : "Of course, violent language, it's not new for Trump," Hunt added.
13% : Fox & Friends co-hosts react to former President Trumps remarks and Liz Cheneys responseLiberal media outlets have been accused of taking former President Trump out of context to claim he was calling for violence against former House Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., when he was actually mocking her as someone who pushes for war from the comforts of Washington, D.C.Drudge Report's frontpage headline on Friday morning declared in red font with all caps, "TRUMP CALLS FOR CHENEY'S EXECUTION," and linked to a social media post from far-left commentator Aaron Rupar that showed a partial clip from the former president's Glendale, Arizona event on Thursday.
13% : "Trump did NOT call for Liz Cheney to be executed.
12% : Trump is NOT calling for Liz Cheney to be executed in front of a firing line.
11% : "Reuters wrote that "Trump suggested Liz Cheney should face firing squad for her foreign policy stance.
8% : "FOX & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade called it "totally irresponsible" to suggest that Trump was calling for Cheney's execution.
8% : "Later Friday morning, CNN's on-screen chyron stated: "Trump escalates violent rhetoric with new attack on Liz Cheney" and Acosta also cut off the clip where Rupar did.
6% : CNN's website featured a front-page headline, "Trump rages that 'war hawk' Liz Cheney should be fired upon."
6% : CNN's Kasie Hunt said Trump was going after Cheney with "violent rhetoric" and "some of his darkest language yet.
4% : The New York Times featured a story headlined, "Trum attacks Liz Cheney using violent war imagery" and the Washington Post went with "Trump suggests 'war hawk' Liz Cheney should have guns 'trained on her face.'
4% : "Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro also posted footage of Trump's comments and wrote, "It is simply a lie to claim that Trump was calling for Cheney's assassination here.
1% : CNN's Jim Acosta sparred with a Republican guest on Friday morning about the clip, saying it was beyond the pale for Trump to call for Cheney to be effectively fired upon.Politico White House bureau chief Jonathan Lemire, who is also an MSNBC host, accused Trump of using "violent war imagery" to criticize Cheney.

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