Former Republican Rival Fiorina Backs Cruz’s White House Bid

@reuters
Former Republican Rival Fiorina Backs Cruz’s White House Bid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Wednesday threw her support behind Ted Cruz, saying the U.S. senator from Texas was the only candidate left who could topple front-runner Donald Trump and take the White House from Democrats.

“The only guy who can beat Donald Trump is Ted Cruz,” Fiorina said at a rally for Cruz in Miami.

(Reporting by Washington newsroom; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

Photo: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina listens to a question at the New Hampshire GOP’s FITN Presidential town hall in Nashua, New Hampshire in this January 23, 2016, file photo. REUTERS/Mary Schwalm/Files

Advertising

Start your day with National Memo Newsletter

Know first.

The opinions that matter. Delivered to your inbox every morning

North Carolina GOP's Extremist Nominees Excite Democratic Strategists

Michele Morrow

In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly missed capturing North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes, losing the state by a slim 1.4-percentage-point margin. But that was nearly four years ago. Before the Dobbs decision. Before Donald Trump’s 91 felony indictments. And before last week, when the state’s GOP voters nominated a guy who favorably quotes Hitler, has compared LGBTQ+ people to insects and larvae, and thinks a six-week abortion ban isn’t quite extreme enough for governor. Tar Heel State Republicans also nominated another extremist, Michele Morrow, for superintendent of the state’s schools.

Keep reading...Show less
{{ post.roar_specific_data.api_data.analytics }}