Those words in the headline uttered by Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Tuesday were about multiple topics and people. There's President Barack Obama, there's Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and there's Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
We'll have more on Trump's call to block all Muslims from entering the United States later on our premium site, but here's a taste of what Fiorina said on the matter Tuesday afternoon at Georgia Tech.
"Also it seems like the world is going crazy -- Donald Trump said let's throw the Constitution out. 'I don't have a plan for defeating ISIS, so let's just dump all the Muslims from the United States."
There was more as you'll see later. But Clinton and Obama also apparently make Fiorina worry for world's psyche.
Days after the Paris terrorist attacks, Fiorina said, "the next thing we see is our president standing up and talking about climate change. It seems delusional, actually, for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to say climate change is our greatest near-term security threat."
Then, following the terrorist attack in San Bernadino, Calif., she said, "our president gets into the Oval Office and says nothing new."
If you've watched any of the Republican debates, or read much about Fiorina on the stump, most else of what she said Tuesday was likely familiar to you. She hammered home her plan to reduce the 73,000-page federal tax code to three pages, to end crony capitalism and give our military and intelligence agencies the tools they need to do their job.
The former Hewlett Packard CEO also reiterated her promise that her two first phone calls as president would be to the Israeli prime minister to pledge America's full support and to the leader of Iran to end the arms agreement Obama championed.
During a question-and-answer session, Fiorina also placed blame for Trump's rise equally at the feet at both the billionaire businessman and a toady media eager to soak up ratings, readers and clicks on on his coattails.
"Donald Trump is no better than a politician," she said. "He’s an entertainer. And the media goes along with it day after day."
There's a reason Trump said what he said about keeping Muslims out of the U.S., she said.
"Because Ted Cruz had a good week," she said.
Indeed, the Texas senator was named the leader in Iowa by a new poll on Monday and it was later that evening that Trump issued his anti-Islam edict.
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