--- description: Fiorina said "all the money in the world won't make you as smart as Ben Carson." title: Carly Fiorina Slams Trump's Comments on Ben Carson image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb453480c624889dc/698870ec2dce017dca9e67b4/496567170.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Carly Fiorina Slams Trump's Comments on Ben Carson by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2015 4:44 PM CUT  Carly Fiorina, former chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a presidential candidate debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015\. The fourth Republican debate, hosted by Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal, focuses on the economy with eight presidential candidates included in the main event and four in the undercard version. Carly Fiorina, former chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a presidential candidate debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015\. The fourth Republican debate, hosted by Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal, focuses on the economy with eight presidential candidates included in the main event and four in the undercard version.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2015 4:44 PM CUT Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina [came out swinging against](https://www.facebook.com/CarlyFiorina/posts/10156756617390206 "undefined") Donald Trump on Thursday, slamming [comments the business mogul made](http://time.com/4111443/trump-carson-child-molesting/ "undefined") about Ben Carson. “Donald, sorry, I’ve got to interrupt again. You would know something about pathological,” Fiorina wrote on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/CarlyFiorina/posts/10156756617390206 "undefined"), citing Trump’s statements yesterday that the retired neurosurgeon has a “pathological temper.” Trump also compared what he called Carson’s “pathological” tendencies to that of a child molester. At a campaign rally in Iowa on Thursday, Trump told the gathered crowd not be fooled by Carson’s stories–including some passages from his book that are facing new questions. Trump challenged members of the audience to try stabbing him around his belt-buckle, a reference to Carson’s writing that he had once tried to stab someone but failed because a belt buckle broke the blade. “Somebody hits you in the belt, the knife is going in because the belt moves this way,” [he said.](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-unleashes-long-rant-on-ben-carson/ "undefined") “It moves this way. It moves that way. He hit the belt buckle. You want to try it on me? Believe me it ain’t going to work.” Trump, who is lagging behind Carson in new polls, launched attack lines against most of the presidential candidates during his rally on Thursday but it was his tirade against Carson that Fiorina seemed to have the most issue with. “Anyone can turn a multi-million dollar inheritance into more money, but all the money in the world won’t make you as smart as Ben Carson,” Fiorina wrote. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4111493/carly-fiorina-slams-trumps-comments-on-ben-carson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4111493/carly-fiorina-slams-trumps-comments-on-ben-carson/"},"headline":"Carly Fiorina Slams Trump's Comments on Ben Carson","datePublished":"2015-11-13T16:44:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:35:33.850Z","description":"Fiorina said \"all the money in the world won't make you as smart as Ben Carson.\"","url":"https://time.com/4111493/carly-fiorina-slams-trumps-comments-on-ben-carson/","keywords":["republicans","Donald Trump","Dr. Benjamin S. 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