The video of Fiorina getting caught discussing Boxer’s looks on open mic is all over the internet; I’m sure Trump’s people have seen it.
The thing about Fiorina is that when she puts on the mask (or dons the armor, if one likes) and comes in prepared, she can look and sound pretty convincing. But underneath...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XtPMq9xxOY
(It’s not so much what she says, but how she says it. Maybe some women consider it par for the course(?), but I suspect most men are repulsed.)
With Trump, other than I suspect that off camera perhaps his language gets a bit more, ah, “colorful”, like him or not, my sense is what you see is what you get. It’s also noteworthy that he’s been highly “visible” for a long time.
It’d be very interesting to poll former employees of both on non-political questions, essentially around the topics of how the two were regarded as employers, integrity, respect, etc. I realize that sometimes employees have a jaundiced view, but, on the other hand, my experience is that usually, employers that succeed over the long run value their employees, and treat them accordingly. A similar “poll” with a bit different questions could be run among Trump’s and Fiorina’s business associates.
Last, for better or worse, Carly has been mostly a politician / GOPe for some time now... Her argument of being an “outsider” seems pretty weak, to me. So, while gaining experience, contacts / inside Party support, and such, and (one would think) prone to fewer campaign mistakes, she may be vulnerable to Trump, this go-round, on that point.
That explains it. Hannity just brought it up out of thin air and I had not ever heard about it. Yes, Trump will get the tip off.
Kind of the identical scenario— Carli on an open mic, and Trump on his plane watching TV with an interviewer. Just a gotcha moment, in both cases.