Scott Walker: Media Would’ve Said Fiorina Won Debate ‘No Matter What’
She continued: “And while, of course, it’s hard to talk about, I think it’s also very important to talk about”. I’ll put it this way: What was Abraham Lincoln’s greatest accomplishment before becoming president?
Trump personally has not gone “bankrupt” but as a result of his corporate bankruptcy restructurings, he did have to give up personal assets, such as a yacht, to help make loan payments, and his equity stake in various casinos was greatly reduced.
Trump raised eyebrows last week when he seemed to ridicule Fiorina’s face in an interview with Rolling Stone. In the magazine, Trump said, “Look at that face!”. Would Anyone Vote for That?’ Trump, debate moderator Jake Tapper noted, later said the comment was about Fiorina’s persona. But that’s not what I’m really interested in.
Trump, for the first time ever in his public life, looked dumbfounded.
Planned Parenthood has become a scandal among conservatives after undercover videos surfaced reputing to show the group’s executives discussing selling aborted fetuses for research.
She added that she is looking forward to the debate when the Republicans “get around to working out who is their nominee” of the 15 individuals who debated on Wednesday – 11 in the main debate and the four trailing furthest in the polls in the secondary debate. “Buzz tends to turn on the money spigot, and she’s clearly getting a lot of buzz out of last night”, said Ken Kies, a longtime Republican bundler and lobbyist. “Because of her lack of compassion and even caring about working people“. Referencing the controversial videos that surfaced this summer, and the corresponding looming congressional fight, Fiorina said: “We can not be a nation that funds this kind of barbarity”, to raucous applause.
Trump also attacked Fiorina’s decision to purchase Compaq while head of HP. In the second hour, the two Republicans had a heated exchange about their respective business records.
That is at least one point on which Trump and Fiorina can agree. “The two police officers stood awkwardly in our living room”, Fiorina recounted. “What gets them there is ambition, political talent, a constituency, and the ability to capitalize on & respond to the wants of party actors”. They still haven’t recovered.
FIORINA: Mrs. Clinton – if you wanted to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Mrs. Clinton. He reiterated his commitment to build a wall across the southern border, and said he was exhausted of the United States government being “outsmarted” by leaders in China, Japan and Mexico.
HILLARY CLINTON: Oh, I’m just thrilled to be with you.