Pot Meet Kettle: Fiorina Accuses Ted Cruz Of Saying 'Whatever' Just To Get Elected

Crooks and Liars ^ | January 3, 2016 | David

[2ndDivisionVet]

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina argued on Sunday that GOP voters should select her over Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) because he would say "whatever" to get elected.

Speaking to CNN's Dana Bash, Fiorina defended her criticism of Cruz for shutting down the government in 2013 over President Barack Obama's health care reform law.

"Ted Cruz is just like any other politician," Fiorina told Bash. "He says one thing in Manhattan, he says another thing in Iowa."

"He says whatever he needs to say to get elected, and then he's going to do as he pleases," she insisted. "I think the American people are tired of the political class that promises much and delivers much of the same."

Over the course of her presidential campaign, Fiorina has also repeatedly been accused of lying and pandering to gain an advantage. In fact, only 27 percent of Fiorina's statements examined by Politifact were found to be true or mostly true....

[txrefugee]

Why isn’t she out of this race? We don’t need more than two candidates to slugs tout...Cruz and Trump. The rest should bow out gracefully.

[txrefugee]

sorry...should be “.slug it out”

[Impy]

Interesting that she would turn her guns (or gun) on Cruz.

[BillyBoy]

It's probably because he's leading in Iowa and she needs to do well there to continue. The line of attack is ridiculously hypocritical though, coming from a candidate who ran as a McCain-Romney center-right U.S. Senate candidate in California, then reinvented herself as some kind of fiery outspoken conservative fighter while running for President nationally.

Worst attack since Jeb Bush tried to go after Rubio for missing days at the Senate: "How DARE you do what I have George P. doing for my campaign!"

[stephenjohnbanker]

I heard Carly on a radio show a couple weeks ago. Her hatred is as bad as Hillary’s. She is one scary broad. I wouldn’t hire her for office cleaning : )

[NFHale]

RE “... Her hatred is ...”

I don’t a lot about her, but perhaps she’s just seeing “her shot” at the Big Time slipping away, and reacting to it.

That brass ring works on the mind in strange ways when you’re riding the merry go round.