Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz For President

Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C... Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) MORE LESS
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Former Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a Wednesday campaign event in Miami.

“I checked the box for Ted Cruz, and I’m here to tell you why,” Fiorina said of her vote in Virginia’s primary.

The former Hewlett-Packard executive said Cruz is the only candidate who can beat Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and cast Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton as “two sides of the same coin.”

“It is time to unite behind Ted Cruz,” Fiorina said at the event.

She also while plenty of Republicans are “horrified” by Trump, party leaders can’t “tsk tsk” voters out of supporting him.

While still vying for the GOP nomination, Fiorina said she found it “odd” that Cruz didn’t renounce his Canadian citizenship until 2014, “when it became clear he was running for President.”

Fiorina also said legal scholars consider the question of whether Cruz is a natural born citizen who is eligible to be President “a legitimate issue.”

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  1. Avatar for pb pb says:

    And the ensuing silence was deafening as all of Snarly’s supporters rushed to the Cruz camp.

  2. Not at all surprising that one lying psychopath would endorse another.

  3. Welp, there it is. All those waiting with bated breath, you now have your answer. Skip directly to the convention; this no doubt seals the deal for Mr. Cruz.

  4. Seeing her name again reminds me of the beat-up old car I’d see in the Kroger lot with the ‘Carly’ bumper sticker…

  5. Wow. HUUUUUUGE news! Snarly endorses Tailgunner Ted! Watch those votes come rooolling in! I’d love to see Snarly and Word Salad Sarah in an MMA match, bashing in each others’ faces over their pet candidates (for real… not “Celebrity Deathmatch”)!

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