"‘Don’t Lie’: Bill Maher Calls Out Media for Claiming Trump Wanted Liz Cheney Facing a ‘Firing Squad’"

HBO host Bill Maher took aim at media outlets for asserting that former President Donald Trump suggested putting former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming in front of a “firing squad.” 

During a forum hosted by Daily Caller cofounder Tucker Carlson, Trump accused Cheney of always seeking “to go to war” and suggested that she might adopt a less aggressive foreign policy if she had had guns “trained on her” at some point in her life. Maher responded by stating that media claims about Trump wanting Cheney executed were misleading.

“I woke up today to the headline that Trump had called for a firing squad for Liz Cheney, and this is what really bothers me about the media,” Maher said during a panel discussion on “Overtime,” the webcast that follows “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO. “No, he didn’t... you don’t need to exaggerate to make me dislike Donald Trump.”

“He says plenty of awful things—why take it further?” podcaster Michael Moynihan added in response.