Social Media Says Carly Fiorina Wins Early Republican Debate
Carly Fiorina was the clear winner of the early Republican presidential debate–at least according to social media.
The former Hewlett Packard CEO joined six other contenders who failed to qualify for the evening’s main event, which is restricted to the top ten candidates in recent polls. However, her performance in the undercard event generated a great deal of online enthusiasm.
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Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com weighed in:
Among Fiorina’s strongest answers were her responses on the Iran deal and how she would face cybersecurity threats America faces from Russia and China
“We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens. I do not believe that we need to wholesale destroy every American citizen’s privacy in order to go after those that we know are suspect or are — are already a problem,” she said.
Twitter gave her an A-rating: