Carly Fiorina is strong

Hugh Hewitt interviewed Carly Fiorina today. I didn't hear it, but Hugh has posted it at his website. Here are some excerpts:

The money is already flowing to Iran. And so on day one in the Oval Office, I will make two phone calls – the first to Bibi Netanyahu to reassure him we will stand with the state of Israel, the second to the Supreme Leader of Iran. He might not take my phone call, but he would get the message. The message is no deal. Until and unless you open up every military and every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections, we will make it as difficult as possible for you to move money around the global financial system. Those two phone calls, critical in and of themselves, also send a message to every ally and every adversary we have in the world. The United States of America is back in the leadership business.

Think about the reality of an administration, a president, Hillary Clinton, a presidential candidate, silently, as well as every other Democrat presidential candidate or would-be candidate out there, no one is saying a word about the fact that we have secret deals between the Iranian regime and the IAEA. And God bless a couple of Republicans who said wait a second, what’s in these deals. It’s stunning. The Congress needs to reject this deal, but we need to be realistic. Even if they do, and I hope they do, the money is flowing. China and Russia, the U.N., the European Union, they don’t care what Congress does. The American people will watch very carefully what Congress does, but the rest of the world has moved on. And that’s why this deal is such an abomination for this administration, and for any Democrat candidate who says they support it.

HH: Carly Fiorina, you just mentioned Hillary Clinton. I wanted to you ask you now about her. More comes out. The thumb drive that has the classified information, and more will continue to come out. At this point, 18USC Section 1924 is what David Petraeus had to plead guilty to violating. He was sentenced to two years’ probation, a hundred thousand dollar fine. It’s what Mr. Deutch had to leave the Agency for violating. It is obvious to me that Hillary Clinton has violated this. Do you expect any criminal investigation to occur of the former Secretary of State?

CF: Well, I have no idea. I certainly hope so, but let us acknowledge that the Department of Justice has been politicized under this administration. And ultimately, it is up to the Department of Justice. So I wish I had great faith in the Department of Justice, but history would tell us, recently history, that is, that perhaps that faith is not well-placed.

HH: What percent of probability do you put it at that she has violated 18USC 1924?

CF: Oh, I think it’s exceptionally high. I think there’s no doubt. You can’t have a server in your basement and be trafficking in classified information on your personal device without having violated that section, I don’t think, and it’s pretty clear she did move classified information around.

HH: And kept it after she left, which is the second violation. I mean, it’s actually kind of staggering that there isn’t a special prosecutor already appointed for her, but I, like you, am skeptical. Now let me ask you about the Planned Parenthood videos. Have you watched them, Carly Fiorina?

CF: I have, and it’s almost unbearable to watch.

It’s almost unbearable. And as I have said many, many times, this is not about whether you think you’re pro-choice or pro-life. This is about the moral foundation of this nation. It is an abomination. Truly, it is depraved, and I hope very much that Congress will vote to defund Planned Parenthood now, but I hope as well that every Democrat running for president, for Senate, for Congress or for dog catcher is asked to explain why they are not condemning this practice, these videos, and voting against the funding of Planned Parenthood.

HH: Now Carly, it will come down to shutting the government down, again, on this issue. And that’s where we’re headed. We’re headed there in September, September the 30th. The government will run out of money. The Republicans will refuse to fund Planned Parenthood. The President and the, well, the Democrats in the Senate will refuse to pass an appropriation bill. Should the Republicans blink at that moment? I want to get people ready for this right now. The Democrats will never give up on the abortion industry. You and I both know that. So should the Republicans be preparing now, and educating the American people that they will do what it takes to end what is in essence support for infanticide?

CF: Well, I certainly hope that the Democrats in Congress and in the Senate will be asked the question over and over and over again. I will certainly continue to ask the question of Hillary Clinton and anyone else. So will you. I hope every Republican does. I hope every media outlet does. Explain to me, explain, more importantly, to the American people how you can continue to support a policy that it isn’t a life until it leaves the hospital, and how can you continue to support taxpayer funding for this organization. We have to hammer away at that. Ask them the question.

HH: Now, you know, though, Carly Fiorina, I’ve probably interviewed you 30 times. You’re one of the best interviews out there. I tell people that’s because you did quarterly conference calls on earnings for so long. But that’s the first time I didn’t get a direct answer from you. Maybe because it’s a very difficult question, so I’m going to try it again. If it comes down to closing the government down or funding Planned Parenthood, what should the Republicans in the Congress do?

CF: I apologize for not answering your question. They should close the government down.

CF: My point is this, however. We have a long way to go. And between now and then, beginning with this vote today, every single Republican out there, as well as I hope every media outlet, needs to ask the question that I have been asking for weeks. How does any Democrat justify their position? How does any Democrat justify the continued taxpayer funding of this organization? And if you really think it’s necessary, then why don’t you support taxpayer funding for pregnancy centers right next door to every single Planned Parenthood facility across this nation so that women really understand what their choices and their options are? We have to hammer the Democrats on this, because honestly, their position, which most Americans do not understand, that’s the shame of it. Most Americans don’t understand that the Democrats’ position is it’s not a life until it leaves the hospital. Most Americans don’t agree with that position. We have to educate the American people about how extreme Democrats are.

HH: Now Planned Parenthood’s defense is that the videos have been edited. What do you think about that?

CF: Yeah, yeah, well, I didn’t hear anybody getting upset at an edited video about Mitt Romney at a fundraiser. Look, whether they’re edited or not, and by the way, the people who have made these videos have also put the unedited videos out there for everybody to see, so if you want to watch the whole thing, you can. This is not about editing. This is about a horrific process of infanticide to harvest body parts. It is abominable.

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