Carly Fiorina had a bit of a "mic drop" moment when she quoted Margaret Thatcher during Tuesday's CNN/Salem Republican debate:
Carly Fiorina quotes Margaret Thatcher at #GOPDebate: https://t.co/3mgKDDeVAE - @ABCPolitics pic.twitter.com/zawOlIEFhz
— ABC News (@ABC) December 16, 2015
Twitter had a variety of reactions:
As much as I hate hate hate playing the gender card...Carly is right. Women get things done. #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/CqEcb1GxAD
— Angela Morabito (@Bear2theRight) December 16, 2015
I love Thatcher and I love Fiorina, but I did not love Fiorina's use of that Thatcher quote. Identity politics are for the other party.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 16, 2015
Carly slayed with the Mama Thatcher quote. #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/CC5oXAg8x3
— RGP (@RepubGrlProbs) December 16, 2015I always hated that Thatcher quote. Big fan of hers, but not exactly a ringing endorsement of treating people as individuals.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 16, 2015The @CarlyFiorina line from Margaret Thatcher will be played in a Hillary ad. #oops
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 16, 2015Every time I fall out of love with Fiorina she draws me back in. Can’t beat a Thatcher nod. THE QUEEN
— Milo Yiannopoulos (@Nero) December 16, 2015Nobody cares about your Margret Thatcher quotes this is a Presidential debate not a Judy Bloom novel, answer the question.
— dal (@dalalmighty) December 16, 2015...and USA Today kind of attributed the quote to Fiorina herself.
@USATODAY Come on, lets have at least a touch of integrity. This is a Margaret Thatcher quote, not Carly.
— Stephanie Ormston (@smormston) December 16, 2015