Carly Fiorina echoed comments GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE made Tuesday, in which he said Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE is playing the “woman card” to win her party’s nomination.

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“I think that Hillary Clinton sometimes says to people, ‘Vote for me because I’m a woman,’” Fiorina said on MSNBC Wednesday after Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week Renewed focus on Trump's Supreme Court list after Ginsburg's death MORE announced he would pick her as his running mate if he wins the GOP nomination.

“I would never say to somebody, 'Vote for me because I’m a woman,” she said. “I would say vote for me, vote for Ted because you think we’re qualified and principled.”

In Trump’s victory speech Tuesday night, after he swept five state primaries, he attacked Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, saying “the only thing she’s got going is the woman’s card.”



“Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote,” he said.