Fiorina: Stephanopoulos ‘Doesn’t Want to See Clinton Ever Have to Debate Me’

‘I know there were certain candidates lobbying hard at ABC and RNC to keep me off the stage’

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SCARBOROUGH: "There are a lot of people like Mitt Romney and other leaders in the Republican party that are upset with the RNC and upset with these rules keeping you off the main stage. Is H there any chance that you can get in the debate."
FIORINA: "I don’t know. ABC announced their criteria last night and you’re right. A lot of people were June set with this. The original thinking, the original rationale is, oh, we have so many candidates and they can’t all possibly fit on the same stage so we need to use polling data. Guess what? We’re down to eight. Seven people have dropped because they couldn’t go the distance and so ABC is using criteria polls from January 1? The guys on the stage, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson said I ought to be on the stage. The rest are silent. Maybe they’re afraid to debate me, too."
GEIST: "It’s Willie, do you have a sense this may change. There’s still time. Rand Paul dropped out of the race, it seemed that should open up a spot for you. Are you fighting to get on the stage or have you conceded that it’s over? If so, how will you get your message out in New Hampshire?"
FIORINA: "I don’t know what ABC and the RNC are going to do. I know there were certain candidates lobbying hard at ABC and RNC to keep me off the stage. I think they are afraid to debate, I don’t know how they’ll defeat Hillary Clinton if they can’t even debate me. So I have no idea. But here’s what I’m going to keep saying to the people of this nation but in particular New Hampshire. The game is rigged. Power is being taken away from you day after day. It’s why I’m running. We have to restore citizen government and what this debate debacle shows is that votes and delegates don’t matter that much anymore. What matters are back room deals between RNC and ABC about who will get on. This is George Stephanopoulos’ network after all. So maybe George doesn’t want to see Hillary Clinton ever have to debate. But it’s a rigged deal. It’s a back room deal and meanwhile, I think, the voters of New Hampshire believe that it’s their job to pick presidents, vet candidates and win on the field so I’ll keep talking for them."
BRZEZINSKI: "Carly Fiorina, thank you very much for being on with us this morning. Good luck with that."

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