Trump on Fiorina: “Look at That Face! Would Anyone Vote for That?”
The Rolling Stone cover article on Donald Trump contains this lovely anecdote about Trump commenting on Carly Fiorina, capturing the boorish misogynistic nature of this repellent dancing right wing clown: On the Trail With the GOP’s Tough Guy.
With his blue tie loosened and slung over his shoulder, Trump sits back to digest his meal and provide a running byplay to the news. Onscreen, they’ve cut away to a spot with Scott Walker, the creaky-robot governor of Wisconsin. Praised by the anchor for his “slow but steady” style, Walker is about to respond when Trump chimes in, “Yeah, he’s slow, all right! That’s what we got already: slowwww.” His staffers at the conference table howl and hoot; their man, though, is just getting warm. When the anchor throws to Carly Fiorina for her reaction to Trump’s momentum, Trump’s expression sours in schoolboy disgust as the camera bores in on Fiorina. “Look at that face!” he cries. “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!” The laughter grows halting and faint behind him. “I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not s’posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?”
Ugly stuff indeed. But will it hurt Trump’s standing with the Republican base? I doubt it. This is exactly what they like about him; his meanness. His viciousness. His unapologetic embrace of the most repulsive aspects of being a Republican presidential candidate.