Late Wednesday afternoon, GOP presidential nominee Ted Cruz announced former presidential candidate and Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his potential running mate. Even before Fiorina came on stage, liberal journalists and pro-abortion groups logged onto social media to mock the pair’s appearance, policies and lack of “experience in office.”
The liberal media’s favorite victim, Planned Parenthood, was of course the harshest critic calling the two “the most loathsome pair of anti-abortion extremists in America.”
Meet the most loathsome pair of anti-abortion extremists in America. https://t.co/nAGLu3BVfF #NotMyCandidate pic.twitter.com/nZ0NCbIE0B
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) April 27, 2016
Josh Barro, Senior Editor for Business Insider, MSNBC analyst and contributor to The New York Times made a cheap shot at Fiorina’s reputation at HP and Cruz’s looks:
I don't think Fiorina is a good pick, but she does balance the ticket by being able to smile like a human.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 27, 2016
I FIGURED IT OUT: Cruz's face is a combo of the two faces of the mayor from The Nightmare Before Christmas. pic.twitter.com/906FLRZAYe
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 27, 2016
Isn’t it ironic how the media downplays the much more serious issue of Hillary’s recklessness while in office with the email scandal but consistently bashes Fiorina as a “bad CEO”? Or how it’s “sexist” to say that Hillary Clinton’s yelling voice can be grating to the ears, but it's perfectly okay to mock Cruz’s appearance?
Sunny Hostin, CNN legal analyst and co-host on ABC’s The View called Fiorina’s singing to Cruz’s kids, “creepy.”
Why has Ted Cruz chosen a vice presidential running mate when he isn't the Republican nominee? And Carly singing to his children is creepy.
— Sunny Hostin (@sunny) April 27, 2016
Alex Burns, reporter for The New York Times and formerly Politico took issue with Fiorina’s business experience, supposedly making her one of “the media elites.”
Former Silicon Valley CEO and business mag cover staple going after "the media" and "elites"
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) April 27, 2016
Jonathan Alter, MSNBC analyst and Daily Beast columnist made the same complaint, defending Trump and Clinton:
A CEO running with a corporate lawyer married to a banker claiming that Trump and Hillary are the elitists. Only in '16.
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) April 27, 2016
While Burns and MSNBC’s chief legal analyst Ari Melber, complained about Cruz and Fiorina’s lack of “experience in elected office.”
Looks like Cruz-Fiorina would have less experience in elected office than any ticket in 80 years – since Landon-Knox in 1936
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) April 27, 2016
Last time a major candidate picked a running mate without government experience was 1936, when Alf Landon tapped publisher Frank Knox.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) April 27, 2016