Fiorina Supports AZ’s Immigration Law — But Knocks GOP For ‘Racist Tone’ In Debate

Carly Fiorina, Republican candidate for California's Senate seat
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California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina supports Arizona’s immigration law — but isn’t sure members of her party are handling the debate well.

The former Hewlett Packard CEO dinged members of her party in an interview with Politico, saying that “there has been a very unfortunate racist tone that has emerged” on border issues in some corners of the GOP.

Fiorina said she supports Arizona’s controversial new immigration law — but also seemed to suggest that some members of her party had adopted a “racist tone” in related debates.

But when asked in an interview with POLITICO if Republicans needed to make any changes in their approach to the growing Hispanic community, Fiorina replied, “There has been a very unfortunate racist tone that has emerged in a lot of the discussion about immigration and that’s inexcusable. We must be a country that welcomes legal immigrants to this country. We must be a country that recognizes that we have industries like agriculture that have depended on temporary migrant labor for generations.”

The California Republican Senate primary is June 8. The TPM Poll Average shows Fiorina trailing former Rep. Tom Campbell 28.7% to 20.2%, with Chuck DeVore at 12.4%.

Editor’s Note: This post has been revised since it was first published.

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