A Republican with direct knowledge of Fiorina’s selection confirmed the pick on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized speak before the official announcement.
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“Ok, great. That’s why I have been crystal clear in saying that Donald Trump will never challenge the system, because he’s texting and golfing buddies with John Boehner”, Fiorina said. First, Fiorina appeals to numerous same kinds of conservative voters who would naturally gravitate toward Cruz – and probably would have voted for him anyway.
Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard chief executive who lived for a time in Palo Alto, is liked by Republican voters there.
“The American people deserve a real choice in November”, Cruz said during the announcement.
The Cruz campaign began teasing it with announcements about a coming announcement.
Mrs Fiorina dropped out of the presidential race after a poor showing at the New Hampshire primary. Cruz must have a strong showing in the Hoosier State to help block Trump from securing the 1,237 delegates necessary to win the nomination, and keep alive his hopes of a contested Republican National Convention.
Last June, a pro-Cruz super PAC funded by NY hedge funder Robert Mercer gave $500,000 to a group supporting Fiorina’s candidacy. She has since been an active surrogate for him on the trail and has been helping the campaign with delegate outreach.
Many voters also circulated video of Mary Pat Christie, the wife of Trump backer and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who, standing behind Trump during his victory speech Tuesday, looked as though she was rolling her eyes as he made those comments. She was defeated in the subsequent general election by incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer. Bernie Sanders suggesting they will have women on the short list of VP picks.
“Naming Carly’s dumb, because Carly didn’t do well”.
In another interview with Good Morning America, Trump indicated he wasn’t concerned. He assailed her for her handling of the deadly 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, and said that during her tenure as secretary of state, the USA had a “reckless, rudderless and aimless foreign policy”.
The Texas senator recounted Fiorina’s rise in the corporate world, calling her “brilliant and capable” and someone who has “shattered glass ceilings”.
“The best way to describe that ticket is mean and meaner”, said Sen.
Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump called the move desperate. “He wants to ship immigrants out and she’s a champion at shipping jobs out”.
By contrast, both Cruz and Trump have high negative ratings even within their own party, according to an April AP-GfK poll.
Sports fans might cringe at a slip of the tongue by presidential hopeful Ted Cruz on Tuesday. But the 74-year-old retired mechanical engineer conceded that Cruz is a longshot at this point.
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“Ted Cruz is just like any other politician; he says whatever he needs to say to get elected”, Fiorina says in the four-second clip. “Because we travel on the bus all day we get to play”.
