Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina had no apologies after the debate for her attacks on the main stage Wednesday night.
“I hope it’s pretty clear that I am a fighter,” the former Hewlett-Packard head said on CNN’s “New Day” Thursday morning. “If you can’t fight on a debate stage than you’re not going to be able to stand up” for Americans.
Despite interrupting some of her fellow GOP challengers, Fiorina said she was pleased by her performance and that she said all she wanted to say. Many called her the “winner” of Wednesday night’s debate, a huge boost given that she was not even part of the main debate stage for the first debate.
She also surged to the number two spot on the Washington Examiner’s power rankings list.
One of the moments that observers say stood out the most was when she addressed the war on drugs, specifically her daughter’s death at the hands of drug addiction.
“There are so many families who have gone through this or are going through this. It is an epidemic in so many parts of our country,” Fiorina said about addressing the issue, saying she shared it so other families don’t feel “ashamed or stigmatized.”
Fiorina also joined CBS Thursday morning, saying she hopes her debate performance will cause movement in the polls.
“I think what we saw in the last debate … where less than 40 percent of the people had heard my name,” she said. “We saw a big bump in fundraising and we saw a big bump in the polls.”
Fiorina also touched on her Wednesday night response to Donald Trump’s comments about her appearance: “Women in America understand that it is still different for women … The truth is that a women’s appearance should never be the subject of conversation.”
