By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--August 17, 2015
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"I find it sort of amusing. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about or focusing on what Donald Trump is saying. When his insults are below the belt to someone, then I will make a comment - just as I did when President Obama called anyone who disagreed with his Iranian deal an equivalent to the hard liners chanting "death to America." I just think insults are not helpful to the political process."Fiorina was then asked if she thought Trump would alienate female voters.
"It's not clear to me that Donald Trump is a Republican, first of all, based on his willingness to run a third-party bid and some of the positions that he's taken. But I think it's really important as I go out there and talk - what I hear and what I see - is both men and women who are sick of the professional political class. They're sick of the festering problems in Washington DC. They agree that it's ridiculous that in the smartest and richest country in the world that we can't get basic things done like serve our veterans secure our borders and hold government accountable for being competent."If you're a big Trump fan, you're probably saying something along the lines of: "Of course he's not a Republican! He's better than that. Look what the Republicans have become lately!" On the other hand, if you can't stand Trump, you probably think she let him off the hook too easily.
"What I’m saying is: The night that Benghazi attack happened, Secretary of State Clinton, President Obama and others knew that this was a purposeful, preplanned terrorist attack. Nevertheless, the next morning she addressed the American people from the State Department and talked about a video and how it didn’t represent the values of the American people and several days later, she stood over the bodies of the fallen and said the same. What she should have said that morning was the truth. This is purposeful terrorist attack and we will seek retribution. Instead she basically apologized. And so what signal did that send? What signal did that send to all the bad guys all over the world? The signal it sent, was “open season,” we can attack an embassy, murder four Americans and nothing is going to happen."Refreshing. This entire interview could serve as a refresher course for the rest of the GOP field. The more Carly Fiorina speaks, the more people seem to like her. It's the exact opposite of the reaction to the Dems' "inevitable" nominee.
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