CNN contributor takes back Cheney ‘firing squad’ quip: ‘I was wrong’

SUMMARY

Political analyst Jonah Goldberg walked back comments made on CNN, where he initially suggested that former President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about former Rep. Liz Cheney amounted to advocating for a “firing squad.” Goldberg admitted that he reacted hastily to Trump's language, which had been framed in the context of his previous statements about using extreme force, and apologized for misrepresenting Trump’s words. “I regret the initial comment because it was inaccurate,” Goldberg said, acknowledging that Trump’s language was problematic without needing additional escalation. Trump’s original comment, made during a fireside chat with Tucker Carlson in Arizona, involved a metaphor about Cheney being forced to face the consequences of her support for military action. He suggested sarcastically, “Let’s put her with a rifle…when the guns are trained on her face." Trump’s campaign clarified that his statement was meant to criticize Cheney’s foreign policy stances.