Fiorina: Trump Is Playing the Media Like a ‘Pied Piper’

CUOMO: “But he’s at the top of the polls. Obviously, the front-runner demands that kind of attention. He seems to be connecting with voters in the way that you and the rest of the field is not. [crosstalk] I mean, don’t you have to give him his due?”

FIORINA: “I think here’s what’s going on. I think Donald Trump knows how to play the media like a master. I think he’s a pied piper. I think he says things, and you all rush to cover it. Every single network. I’m not being critical of CNN any more than anyone else. But he knows how to dominate the news coverage, and I think it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy in the polls. I’m not saying he doesn’t resonate with voters. Voters are deeply afraid. And voters are very frustrated. And in a way, Donald Trump is a reaction to the unbelievable weakness and delusional nature of national security policy from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. For heaven’s sake, we have terrorist attacks in the homeland in a community center in San Bernardino, and President Obama begins talking about gun control, as does Hillary Clinton and climate change. People are utterly frustrated by the ineptitude of this government and the lack of a realistic response. Unfortunately, for Donald Trump, he doesn’t have a realistic response either. And every single one of his proposals, while they garner a lot of attention on television, they do nothing to solve the problem. Banning all Muslims from entering the U.S., set aside the objectionable nature of that proposal, it does nothing to protect us from those who are already here. It does nothing to deny ISIS territory, both of which have to happen to keep America safe.”