Hillary Clinton cannot be US President: Fiorina

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has said the Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of the U.S. as she continues to lie to the American people.

“Hillary Clinton will do anything to gain and hang on to power, anything. Listen, if my husband did what Bill Clinton did, I would have left him long ago,” Corporate leader-turned politician Fiorina said participating in the GOP undercard presidential debate in Iowa.

Ms. Clinton is eyeing to become the first woman president of the U.S. and is most likely to be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. As the former First Lady, she has served as the Secretary of State in the first term of the Obama Administration.

Ms. Fiorina said that Ms. Clinton continues to lie to the American people.

“It’s called the Clinton way. Both Bill and Hillary practice it, the Clinton way. Say whatever you have to say, do whatever you have to say. Lie as long as you can get away with it. Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of these United States,” she said.

During the debate, Ms. Fiorina lashed out at Ms. Clinton on the events surrounding Benghazi.

“When terrorists purposefully attack an American embassy and kill four Americans, including an ambassador, and the next morning you get up and you lie about a videotape that doesn’t represent our values, instead of saying the United States of America was purposefully attacked by terrorists, and we will seek retribution, then you are saying to every adversary and every adversary and every terrorist organisation on the planet, it’s open season,” she said.

“That, Mrs Clinton, is what difference it makes,” Ms. Fiorina said.

While low on her poll numbers, Ms. Fiorina said that she can successfully take on Ms. Clinton during the presidential election.

“So, here’s the deal. Hillary Clinton has been climbing the ladder to try and get power and here now she is trying for the White House. She is probably more qualified for the big house, honestly,” Ms. Fiorina said.

“She has escaped prosecution more times than El Chapo, perhaps Sean Penn should interview her,” she said.

“While Mrs Clinton has flown hundreds of thousands of world around the global, I have too…And I know flying is an activity not an accomplishment. While I know that she has held many positions and many titles she has not accomplished much of anything in her life. She has gotten every single foreign policy challenge wrong,” Ms. Fiorina said.

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Republican candidates look to make most of Trump’s absenc

2016 Republican presidential candidates strained to take advantage of a rare opportunity to step out of Donald Trump’s shadow in Thursday night’s presidential debate, after mocking the front-runner for boycotting the final contest before voting begins.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is locked in a tight contest with Mr. Trump in Iowa, opened the debate with a sarcastic impression of the real estate mogul’s frequent insults of his opponents.

“I’m a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly,” Mr. Cruz said, before thanking his fellow candidates for showing Iowa voters respect by showing up.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a frequent target of Mr. Trump, said with a wry smile, “I kind of miss Donald Trump; he was a teddy bear to me.”

Never one to go quietly, Mr. Trump was holding a competing rally elsewhere in Des Moines, an event his campaign said was raising money for military veterans.

“When you’re treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights,” Mr. Trump said in explaining he was skipping the debate because he felt Fox News had dealt with him unfairly. “We have to stick up for ourselves as people and we have to stick up for our country if we’re being mistreated.”

Thursday’s debate comes four days before the Iowa caucuses kick off the 2016 nominating contest. Residents will choose among the Republican and Democratic candidates in the first of a series of state-by-state contests to choose delegates to each party’s convention.

With their White House hopes on the line, the candidates moved quickly to cast themselves as best prepared to be commander in chief and take on terror threats emanating both from abroad and within the United States.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio struck an aggressive posture, pledging that as president, he would go after terrorists “wherever they are. And if we capture them alive, we’re sending them to Guantanamo.” Rubio also stood by his previous calls for shutting down mosques in the U.S if there were indications that the Muslim religious centers were being used to radicalize terrorists.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul back on the main debate stage after being downgraded to an undercard event because of low poll numbers earlier this month warned against closing down mosques. A proponent of a more isolationist foreign policy, Paul also raised concerns about the U.S. getting involved militarily in Syria, where the Islamic State has a stronghold.

The candidates largely sidestepped direct confrontations with each other, focusing some of their most pointed attacks on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

“She is not qualified to be president of the United States,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. “What we need is someone on that stage who has been tested who has been through it.”

Christie is part of a crowded field of more mainstream candidates who have struggled to break through in an election year where Trump, and increasingly Cruz, has tapped into voter anger with the political system. Party leaders have grown increasingly antsy for some of the more traditional candidates to step aside after the first contests to allow one to rise up and challenge for the nomination.

Asked whether the crowded establishment lane was putting Trump in position to be the nominee, Bush said, “We’re just starting out. The first vote hasn’t been counted. Why don’t we let the process work?”

Mr. Trump pulled out of the debate this week, citing unfair treatment from host Fox News. He’s feuded with the network for months, particularly anchor and debate moderator Megyn Kelly.

It’s unclear whether Mr. Trump’s unusual move will hurt his standing with Iowa voters. But his absence did give his rivals more time to make their case to voters.

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