Ted Cruz’s 2016 ‘Running Mate’ Reveals Why She’s ‘Very Disappointed’ In Him

Looks like there’ll be no more weird joining of hands between former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Cruz in 2016 named Fiorina as his vice presidential candidate if he won the GOP nomination. On Thursday, Fiorina expressed her now disappointment in her former ally to CNN’s Brianna Keilar.

Keilar noted how Cruz had “gone full Trump” in recent years, pushing ex-President Donald Trump’s election lies and only last week visiting the one-term, twice-impeached POTUS at his private Mar-a-Lago resort. “You guys campaigned on conservative principles. Has he sold out?” Keilar asked Fiorina.

“I have to say I’m very disappointed in Ted. I’ve been very disappointed in Ted for some time now,” she responded. “I tried to help Ted’s candidacy because I thought it would be tragic and terrible if Donald Trump were the Republican party’s nominee. Turns out I was right about Donald Trump and sadly, it appears, I was wrong about Ted Cruz.”

Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016 named Carly Fiorina, pictured, as his vice presidential candidate if he won the GOP nomination. (Photo: Bob Levey via Getty Images)
Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016 named Carly Fiorina, pictured, as his vice presidential candidate if he won the GOP nomination. (Photo: Bob Levey via Getty Images)

Keilar asked what had happened to the Texas Republican.

It was the “age-old siren song” of “access to power and money and influence,” replied Fiorina. “The trouble is a lot of politicians care mostly about winning and they’re willing to abandon their principles in order to win.”

Fiorina ran for the GOP nomination in 2016 before suspending her campaign, endorsing and then teaming up with Cruz ― culminating with that viral moment.

She voted for Trump in 2016 but said she wouldn’t in 2020.

Watch the video here:

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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.

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