Elections

Carly Fiorina got cut from Saturday’s debate, and the tweets are on

By Jacob Bell

jbell@mccclatchydc.com
None of these candidates, shown at an Iowa showdown Jan. 28, 2016, will be on ABC’s debate stage Saturday night. They are, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore. Santorum and Huckabee are out of the race; Fiorina and Gilmore didn’t make ABC’s cutoff for poll support.
None of these candidates, shown at an Iowa showdown Jan. 28, 2016, will be on ABC’s debate stage Saturday night. They are, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore. Santorum and Huckabee are out of the race; Fiorina and Gilmore didn’t make ABC’s cutoff for poll support. Charlie Neibergall AP
WASHINGTON

With Rand Paul and Rick Santorum dropping their campaigns after the Iowa caucuses, just nine candidates remain in the running for the Republican presidential nomination.

But only seven will appear at the upcoming New Hampshire debate – a number not lost on Carly Fiorina.

Jacob Bell: 202-383-6131, @realJacobBell

This story was originally published February 5, 2016 at 5:05 PM with the headline "Carly Fiorina got cut from Saturday’s debate, and the tweets are on."

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