Did the Carly Fiorina campaign leave her debate closing statements on her hotel printer?
An hour before Thursday’s 5 p.m. debate between the lower-polling Republican presidential candidates, Sergio Gor — communications director for Rand Paul — found something left on his hotel printer.
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While Gor did not disclose who the closing statements belonged to, the language appears to match past words of Carly Fiorina.
From an interview with Breitbart posted Thursday:
“We need a nominee, who’s going to throw every punch we have because this is a fight now,’’ Fiorina charged. “Hillary Clinton remains the frontrunner of her party. This is a fight now between conservatism and the Democrat Party that is undermining the character of this nation.’’
And in the Weekly Standard on Monday:
“In order to beat Hillary Clinton or whoever their nominee turns out to be, we have to have a nominee on our side who is going to throw every punch,’’ said Fiorina. “Because this is a fight, it’s a fight for the future of this nation, it’s a fight for the character of this nation. And unfortunately, we know that sometimes right questions do not get asked in a presidential debate.’’
Whoever said debates are just a mish-mash of talking points… well, they’re probably right.
The Fiorina campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Update: It was Fiorina. She recited the statements pictured above verbatim.
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