Carly Fiorina compared the 2016 election season to the hit Netflix show "House of Cards" — and Hillary and Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonBattle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates Bill Clinton on GOP push to fill Ginsburg vacancy: Trump, McConnell 'first value is power' MORE to the show's ruthless protagonists, Frank and Claire Underwood.

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At the conservative RedState Gathering, Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates MORE's (R-Texas) former running mate, drew parallels between Frank Underwood and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE, according to a CNN transcript of her speech.

"The protagonist, the hero, the main character let's say, is a Democrat politician who has spent their entire life in pursuit of a single ambition to become the president of the United States," Fiorina said.

She then compared former President Bill Clinton to Claire Underwood.

"The spouse of the protagonist runs a charity, an initiative you might say, that has various conflicts of interest with the protagonist," Fiorina said, presumably referring to the Clinton Foundation, which has been a target for Republicans.

Fiorina then mentioned the meeting the former president had with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, saying it seemed like a scene right out of the show.

"You know, when I started reading articles about meetings on the tarmac between the spouse and head of DOJ [the Department of Justice], or how Hillary forgot yet another slate of work-related emails, or how the FBI actually recommended an investigation into the Clinton Global Initiative and DOJ said no, or the curious connections between Ukrainian money and Russian money and the Clinton Global Initiative or the so many things the Clintons have gotten away with without any consequence ... I actually came to a different conclusion. I think we're living in a series of 'House of Cards,' " she said.