The Moment When Carly Fiorina Completely Owned Donald Trump

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In one of the GOP primary debate’s most memorable moments, Carly Fiorina put Donald Trump in his place for his comments, in a recent Rolling Stone article, criticizing her looks as he argued why she could never be president. “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?” Trump told the magazine. “Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!”

The debate exchange came after Trump doubled down on his criticism of Jeb Bush for remarking last month that “I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health programs.”

“I think it will haunt him,” Trump said during the debate. “I think it’s a terrible. I think it’s going to haunt him absolutely. He came back later and he said he misspoke. There was no question because I heard when he said the statement. I was watching and he said the statement.”

When moderator Jake Tapper then asked Carly Fiorina for her thoughts about Trump’s recent remarks, she turned the tables on The Donald. “You know, it’s interesting to me,” Fiorina said. “Mr. Trump said that he heard Mr. Bush very clearly in what Mr. Bush said. I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said.”

The typically bombastic Trump responded sheepishly: “I think she’s got a beautiful face and I think she’s a beautiful woman.”

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