Donald Trump, who’s managed to weave his promise to “Make America Great Again” into nearly every stump speech and media interview, thinks fellow GOP presidential contender Carly Fiorina is too repetitive.
The Republican front-runner, who leads the Washington Examiner‘s presidential power rankings, joined Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” by phone Monday and immediately dove into a critique of Fiorina’s business record and campaign rhetoric.
“I think she’s got a good line of pitter-patter, but when you listen to her for more than five minutes, you develop a tremendous headache,” Trump told the trio of hosts.
He continued, “If you’ve heard her, it’s very similar, it’s always the same line. I’ve heard the same lines many times and I think that that will fade.”
The former tech CEO and ex-reality TV host sparred over their business records during the second GOP primary debate last Wednesday, earning them criticism from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who accused the two candidates of ignoring the plight of the middle class while boasting about their accomplishments.
Trump continued to attack Fiorina on Monday, saying she will “really fade when people look at her business record.”
“She drove Lucent into the ground, a company that she ran,” he said. “She then drove a big company, Hewlett-Packard … she made a horrible transaction.”
“They’re still recovering from her disastrous tenure,” he added. “They cut 25,000 jobs last week — it was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.”
Trump went on to compare Fiorina’s presidential run to her unsuccessful bid for California Sen. Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat in 2010.
“She was winning until they found out how badly she did in business and frankly, she got wiped out and lost in a landslide,” he said, before adding that he doesn’t think Fiorina will last “because her performance has been terrible.”
Asked Monday how he would react if Fiorina or a different GOP hopeful secures the Republican nomination, Trump said he’d resume a normal life.
“If I don’t make it, that’s OK. I’ll go back to having a good time and building a business and being with my family and with my kids,” he said. “But this is a shot and I’ll give it my best and I think people respect that I’m not taking money from the special interests.”
Fiorina’s campaign did not respond to the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment.
