"This is the face of a 61-year-old woman. I am proud of every year and every wrinkle," said Carly Fiorina, according to the Washington Post. Her remarks were a direct rejoinder to Donald Trump, who recently mocked Fiorina's looks in a Rolling Stone interview.
Trump later backpedaled on the comments he made, but that didn't keep Fiorina from firing back while speaking to a largely female crowd Friday night. "I am not asking for your vote and your support because I am a woman. I am asking for your vote and your support because I am the most qualified candidate to win this job and do this job," she said.
The job in question is President of the United States, a position which Trump is also vying for. Both Fiorina and Trump will meet onstage this week at the Republican debate on CNN. Fiorina is the only female candidate in the Republican primary.
A super PAC supporting Fiorina put out a video with the tagline "Look at this Face" in her honor, according to the New York Times. The PAC, Carly for America, uses footage of Fiorina at various speaking engagements. "Look at this face, and look at all of your faces. The face of leadership," she said in the video.
Like Trump, Fiorina has no political experience. She is the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. She won't be asking Trump for an apology for his comments about her looks. "There's a long line of people asking him to apologize," she said, according to CNN. "I think Donald Trump is an entertainer, and I think I am a leader."
