Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of
Hewlett-Packard, on Monday announced she's running for president in
2016.
Fiorina tweeted on Sunday: “Tomorrow
morning I'm joining @GMA to discuss some big news. I hope you can
tune in!”
“Yes, I am running for president,”
she told Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on
Monday. “I think I'm the best person for the job because I
understand how the economy actually works, I understand the world,
who's in it, how the world works. I understand bureaucracies, and
that's what our federal government has become, a giant bloated
unaccountable corrupt bureaucracy.”
In 2008, Fiorina served as an adviser
to Senator John McCain's presidential campaign. Two years later, she
launched an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat.
During her Senate campaign, Fiorina
defended California's ban on gay marriage, Proposition 8, saying it
was “not appropriate” for a judge to overrule the will of
California voters who approved the measure in 2008. Proposition 8
was struck down in 2013.