Sen. Bernie Sanders defended his 2020 Democratic presidential opponent Elizabeth Warren on Friday after Rep. Liz Cheney went after her for advocating a no-first-strike nuclear policy.
During the Democratic primary debate Tuesday, Warren pushed for the United States to adopt a policy of never using a nuclear weapon unless another country uses one first — a policy CNN moderator Jake Tapper noted President Barack Obama had considered but declined. Warren said the policy would help minimize misunderstandings by foreign adversaries of U.S. intentions, preventing an accidental catastrophe.
But Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, lambasted Warren the next morning for her remarks. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) sits on the House Armed Services Committee and holds hawkish views on defense, much like her father, who served in the second Bush administration during the launch of the Iraq War and the war on terror.
"Which American cities and how many American citizens are you willing to sacrifice with your policy of forcing the US to absorb a nuclear attack before we can strike back?" Cheney tweeted Wednesday.
Friday afternoon, Sanders shot back at Cheney, sparking a heated back-and-forth.
"Taking national security advice from a Cheney has already caused irreparable damage to our country," Sanders tweeted. "We don’t need any more, thanks."
Cheney responded by calling Sanders a "commie" who "is ok with U.S. getting attacked first."
"On a side note, he seems to have daddy issues … with my daddy," Cheney added.
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Sanders wasn’t the only Democrat to go after the Cheney family for its foreign policy history.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) also chimed in Friday, tweeting a gif of her exasperated face and the message: When "*Liz Cheney* of all people tries to offer foreign policy takes, as if an entire generation hasn’t lived through the Cheneys sending us into war since we were kids."
During the debate, Warren and Sanders were matched with several moderate candidates, who used the two left-wing senators as foils for their own positions. The two senators, who have been friends for years, demonstrated a kind of partnership during the debate while fielding rebuttals from the other candidates.
On the question of nuclear strikes, Warren received pushback from Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who said he "wouldn’t want to take that off the table."
"I think America’s strength, we have to be able to say that," Bullock said during the debate.