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"She had the one good debate. She went up, then she dropped like a rock," Donald Trump said of former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina. | AP Photo Trump rips Fiorina as Cruz's possible VP choice

Picking Carly Fiorina to be his running mate would be a bad choice on the part of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump opined Wednesday, remarking that the former Republican presidential candidate "did not resonate" and that it would further hurt the Texas senator's case.

"Not because she's a woman, but Carly did not resonate at all with people," Trump said in a telephone interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

Trump then remarked that Fiorina had "one good debate," in reference to her performance in the first Republican undercard debate last August.

"If you'll remember, remember we had so many — we had so many candidates ahead of us on that stage but she had the one good debate. She went up, then she dropped like a rock and never resonated with the people. So, I mean, Carly is not going to do the trick," Trump said, while adding, "I like Carly. Nice person but she never resonated. She didn't do well. She went — she was very low in the polls and by the end she was an insignificant player."

Its "too early" for Cruz to name a vice presidential candidate, he said, and "frankly, he's wasting his time because he won't be the nominee."

Later on "Fox & Friends," Trump said Cruz's vetting of Fiorina and possible naming of her is "ridiculous," noting that he has millions fewer votes.