Fiorina says its ridiculous that while she did better in Iowa than some of the other candidates on Monday night, they’ve been invited to the debate, while she has been shunned off the stage.
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Fiorina also received the support of previous GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and she thanked two current candidates who spoke on her behalf.
In advance of the contest, the candidates exclusively shared their “Debate Rituals” with Independent Journal Review, which will be hosting the debate with ABC News, in partnership with the Republican National Committee.
Fiorina is in danger of not appearing at Saturday’s debate after ABC announced the debate would not include an undercard stage – Fiorina has not met the requirements to appear on the stage. Only candidates who finish in the top three spots in the Iowa caucuses or in the top six spots in national or New Hampshire polls will make the stage.
Three Republican candidates called it quits this week after poor showings in the Iowa caucuses. She’s suggested, like Senator Rand Paul did last month, that the media is manipulating the debate process.
For starters, the field has been winnowed down from 11 candidates-12 if you count the almost invisible campaign of former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore-down to eight. “Which is why I’m telling you to call other people”. At 8:15 pm eastern time, ABC (now known as the Anybody But Carly network) will usher seven Republican hopefuls onto the stage and give them one last chance to strut their stuff before the First in the Nation primary on Tuesday. Kelly Ayotte, Nebraska rising star Sen. Even people who don’t plan to vote for her often list her as a candidate they respect and admire, and she was the only candidate to receive a standing ovation at a recent candidate forum put on by the state GOP that included speeches from Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. “This is emblematic of the power that is being taken away from you every day by the political class, the media establishment, and the bureaucracy”, she said. This time around there won’t be an undercard debate as multiple candidates have dropped out.
Tim Miller, the communications director for the Bush campaign, told Breitbart News that no one fit the description of the person described by the Fiorina campaign as a Bush canvasser.
A spokesperson for ABC News told Boston.com Thursday that the criteria still stands and the network officially unveiled its Fiorina-less candidate lineup Thursday evening. “I think that they should let her debate”.
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Although she’s running near the bottom of the pack, Fiorina has built up good will in New Hampshire by spending roughly 50 days campaigning here. Ted Cruz, supports the idea.
