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Trump was quoted in a Rolling Stone profile as complaining about Fiorina’s looks when she appeared on the television he was watching, saying, “Look at that face!” But during her tenure at HP, she led a divisive merger with Compaq and criticism of her leadership of the company was a key focus of Boxer’s effective campaign against Fiorina.įiorina frequently sparred with Trump during the primary. She also ran for Senate in California in 2010 against Democrat Barbara Boxer. Trump’s tweet included the caption, “Agreed!”įiorina built her ill-fated presidential bid around her business experience as former president of Hewlett-Packard, a company she led from 1999 to 2005. “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. Trump responded to the news of Fiorina’s selection in typical fashion - using a tweet, which featured a clip of Fiorina criticizing Cruz on CNN earlier this year. “I have watched Ted and Heidi: They are partners, they’re a couple that rely on each other,” Fiorina said. Cruz must have a strong showing in the Hoosier State to help block rival Donald Trump from securing the 1,237 delegates necessary to win the nomination, and keep alive his hopes of a contested Republican National Convention.ĭuring her remarks Wednesday, Fiorina described how she had grown close to the Cruz family since endorsing his presidential bid, including singing a few bars from an original song describing her affection for Cruz’s daughters. Indiana votes Tuesday in the next GOP contest.

The unusual move from the Cruz campaign also comes just hours after the billionaire businessman, who is trying to look like the presumptive nominee, gave a high-profile scripted speech on foreign policy. Tough fights don’t worry me a bit.”Ĭruz is trying to recapture the narrative and keep himself relevant after Trump seized momentum in the 2016 race with a sweep of all five East Coast states on Tuesday, which puts him closer to having enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. “Ted could not be more right in what he said: There is a lot at stake, and in fact, this is a fight, this is a fight for the soul of our party and the future of our nation,” Fiorina said. “After a great deal of consideration and prayer, I have come to the conclusion that if I am nominated to be president of the United States that I will run on a ticket with my vice presidential nominee Carly Fiorina,” Cruz said during a rally in Indianapolis.įiorina joined the Texas senator on stage, and Cruz’s staff changed the podium in between Cruz and Fiorina’s remarks to display a new logo featuring both their names.

Ted Cruz formally named Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate Wednesday - a last-ditch move to regain momentum after being mathematically eliminated from winning the GOP presidential nomination outright. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.