The first person to appear in Carly Fiorina’s video announcing she is officially running for president is Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The 60-second launch video begins with the former first lady and secretary of state’s own announcement from last month playing on a TV, before Fiorina uses a remote to turn it off. The former Hewlett-Packard chief then addresses the camera.
“Our founders never intended for us to have a professional political class,” says Fiorina, who has only run for office once before, an unsuccessful 2010 run for Senate from California. “They believed that citizens and leaders needed to step forward.”
“I’m Carly Fiorina, and I’m running for president,” she adds. Watch the video below:
Much of Fiorina’s pitch is that she’s the ideal Republican opponent against Clinton. THE WEEKLY STANDARD recently caught up with Fiorina on the trail in New Hampshire:
“Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds and thousands of miles around the globe, but unlike her, I’ve actually accomplished something,” Fiorina said, in what’s become a staple applause line. “You see, Mrs. Clinton, flying is not an accomplishment. It is an activity.”
Sometimes, Fiorina doesn’t even have to make the comparison herself. In New Hampshire, a male voter says he can’t wait to see Fiorina face off against Clinton, womano a womano, in a general election debate. “I just think that would be awesome,” Fiorina replies, and the crowd agrees.
“What Hillary Clinton desperately wants to talk about is that she gets to be the first woman president. What she desperately wants to talk about is there’s a war on women. What she desperately wants to talk about is playing the gender card,” Fiorina continues. “If I am standing next to her on a general election debate stage, she can’t talk about any of those things. You know what she’s going to have to talk about? Her track record.”
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