Fiorina: ‘Not clear’ Trump is a Republican

“It’s not clear to me that Donald Trump is a Republican,” Fiorina said on ABC’s “This Week.” Fiorina cited Trump’s openness to running on a third-party ticket and some of his policy positions as evidence that he might not be Republican.

Trump, the businessman and reality TV star, currently leads the Republican primary. But Fiorina, who also has a business background as the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, has seen her support in the polls surge following a well-received performance in the first debate.

Fiorina on Sunday pointed to her business background as an asset in the campaign.

“As I go out there and talk, what I hear, what I see, are both men and women who are sick of the professional political class,” she said. “They’re sick of the festering problems in Washington, D.C.”

In the debate and in her public appearances, Fiorina has harshly criticized Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Although she also trained her fire on Trump on Sunday, she quickly turned back to Clinton’s record.

The more news that comes out about the private email server Clinton used as secretary of state, Fiorina said, the more it “becomes clear that she has lied.”

And Clinton’s response to the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate at Benghazi, Fiorina argued, sent a signal that it was “open season. We can attack an embassy, murder four Americans and nothing is going to happen.”

Fiorina criticized President Obama and Clinton for their “inconsistent” management of the conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Iraq, but stopped short of saying that as president she would commit U.S. troops in the Middle East.

Instead, she suggested, the U.S. should give more aid to regional allies like Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the Kurds, and Egypt.

“They know this is their fight. Yes, they need leadership, resolve support and material from us,” Fiorina said. “We haven’t provided any of it. And if we did, it will make a big difference.