Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina was the keynote speaker Tuesday night at the annual GOP Prescott Bush awards dinner in Stamford, Connecticut.
Though strongly opposed to Donald Trump after he made comments about her appearance, she did not criticize the apparent Republican presidential nominee Tuesday.
Instead, Fiorina credited him for challenging the status quo.
She said if the GOP wants to win November’s presidential election, it must champion the cause of the individual, and not the political establishment.
"We must be the party that believes that power must be dissolved out of the hands of the few, and restored into the hands of the many citizens of this great nation," Fiorina said.
Fiorina received a standing ovation when she took on Democratic Party front runner Hillary Clinton.
"They are particularly concerned about the lack of enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton among women," Fiorina said. "So now they are beginning to remind people about the historic nature of her candidacy, that she is a woman, after all, and that therefore, women must vote for her. So, Mrs. Clinton, I have news for you. I am a woman, and I’m not voting for you. ...It will be up to the nominee of our party, and to all of us as Republicans, to remind people of the level of corruption in service of ambition that this woman represents."
About 500 people attended the dinner, which was expected to raise about $200,000 for the Connecticut Republican Party.
Ebong Udoma of WSHU Public Radio contributed to this report.
