Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina (R) told CNN that she thinks it is “vital” that President Trump be impeached, but did not rule out voting for him again in 2020.
Said Fiorina: “It depends who the Democrats put up.”
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Trump Is Everywhere
Trial Balloon · Ep. 190: Trump Is Everywhere
Will Carly Fiorina Challenge Trump?
In a Facebook post that generated speculation she would run for president, Carly Fiorina objected to being called “disloyal” because she is critical of President Trump.
She added: “I am not alone. Many others have been intimidated into silence or compelled to defend the indefensible… It is not a citizen’s job to ‘be loyal’; it is the official’s job to earn our loyalty. And when they cannot, we vote them out of office. As citizens it is both our responsibility and our right to hold elected officials accountable: for their words, their actions and the consequences of both.”
Charlie Sykes: “A Fiorina run would also badly rattle TrumpWorld. Why? Because it would make great TV. And that’s something Trump understands well. Who could forget this moment?”
However, a source close to Fiorina told National Review that she’s not running.
Fiorina Will Not Run for Senate
Carly Fiorina said that she would not seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Virginia’s 2018 election, CNN reports.
Said Fiorina: “I have made a decision. I have decided that I can be of more value outside the system than a single voice among a hundred inside the system. So, I’m going to continue the work I’ve been doing for many years enlisting up leaders and problem solvers all across the country and have made the decision not to seek the US Senate seat here in the Commonwealth.”
Fiorina Considering Senate Bid
Carly Fiorina (R) is “strongly considering” a run to unseat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) in 2018, an adviser to the former presidential candidate told CNN.
Fiorina Mulls Senate Bid
Carly Fiorina told a local Virginia radio show that she’s considering running for the U.S. Senate seat in Virginia in 2018, CNN reports.
Fiorina Now Praises Trump’s ‘Brilliant’ Moves
Carly Fiorina praised Donald Trump’s “brilliant” moves as president-elect ahead of her visit to Trump Tower on Monday, the Washington Post reports.
Said Fiorina: “One thing President-elect Trump clearly understands is this: that actually changing an ingrained, embedded status quo requires a major shock to the system. It can’t be such a violent shock that you put the patient in cardiac arrest, but you have to have a signal strong enough that people understand change is actually coming.”
During the presidential primaries Fiorina said, “Trump does not represent me or my party.”
Fiorina Makes Play to be RNC Chair
“Carly Fiorina’s quiet outreach to state party chairs in recent days has top Republicans speculating that she’s laying the groundwork for a Republican National Committee chairmanship bid,” Politico reports.
“Fiorina’s advisers have reached out to more than a dozen state parties telling them that the former GOP presidential hopeful is prepared to help in “any way,” offering up her personal phone number, and informing them that she would like to connect with their respective state party chairperson.”
Carly Fiorina Falls Off a Stage
Jezebel: “From this clip we can glean a lot about Cruz’s stance on women: he will not help one even if she falls off a platform in front of his face.”
Why Fiorina Won’t Help Cruz Much In California
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Why Cruz Picked Fiorina as His Running Mate
The Lid: “On the plus side, Cruz was at least partially able to shake up a bad news cycle by teasing and then confirming the announcement. The pick of a woman who’s never held elected office and has a good record of fiery debates gives him a high-value surrogate who is eager to fight a two-front war against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And Fiorina is the kind of candidate who’s gotten under Trump’s skin before and could conceivably provoke a damaging reaction from the GOP frontrunner.”
“But plenty of critics are deriding the move as desperate, presumptuous and calculating – themes that Donald Trump is sure to repeat for the rest of the week. And being perceived as desperate is a tough place for Cruz to be with a must-win contest in Indiana just days away.”
Politico: “It was a bid for a game changing moment — and a not-so-tacit acknowledgment that, unless something significant in the current nominating game changed, Cruz was headed for defeat.”
Cruz Vetting Fiorina as Possible Running Mate
Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign is vetting Carly Fiorina as a potential running mate, the Weekly Standard reports.
Fiorina has met with members of the Cruz campaign and has given them financial disclosures and other documentation. However, “no offers” have yet been made.
Fiorina Says She Has No Deal to be Cruz’s Veep
Carly Fiorina tells National Review that no “deal” has been struck with Sen. Ted Cruz to become his running mate, but she won’t rule out joining the GOP ticket should he emerge as the nominee.
Fiorina Relaunches Super PAC
The super PAC associated with Carly Fiorina’s presidential ambitions has a new mission: To help other political outsiders, Politico reports.
Said Fiorina: “I’m proud to announce that we’ve relaunched Carly for America with a new mission: using our resources and our experience to help conservative outsiders win in November, restoring citizen government at every level. But no one knows the tremendous obstacles facing candidates who want to bring back a citizen government better than we do: a lack of funding and name recognition, a hostile mainstream media, and a Republican establishment actively working to shut them out and shut them up.”
Fiorina Endorses Cruz
Carly Fiorina endorsed one-time rival Sen. Ted Cruz for president, ABC News reports.
“Fiorina said last week during the Virginia primary that she didn’t vote for herself, despite appearing on the ballot, but instead chose Cruz.”
According to NPR, Fiorina also took the moment to say she is “horrified” by Donald Trump and believes Cruz is the only candidate who can beat him.
Fiorina Ends Presidential Bid
Carly Fiorina will announce her decision later today, the Washington Post reports.
Firoina finished in seventh place in the New Hampshire primary, drawing about 4% of the vote. Last week, she finished seventh in the Iowa caucuses, drawing less than 2% of caucusgoers.
Fiorina Won’t Be a Last Minute Invite
“ABC News has no plans to give Carly Fiorina a last-minute invitation to Saturday night’s Republican debate, despite mounting protest from her and some of her fellow candidates,” CNN reports.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“If my husband had done some of the things Bill Clinton had done, I would have left him long ago.”
– Carly Fiorina, in an interview on Morning Joe.
During last night’s undercard debate, Fiorina said that “unlike another woman in this race, I actually love spending time with my husband.”
Paul and Fiorina Don’t Make Debate Cut
“The Republican debate stage will be noticeably smaller when the candidates gather in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday night for their first debate of the year,” the New York Times reports.
Fox Business Network, the host of the debate, “announced the qualifiers for the main stage, and Sen. Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina — who have both been slipping in recent polls — did not make the cut.”
Politico: “Paul and Fiorina are set to join Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum in the undercard — if Paul decides to participate.”
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