- The Washington Times - Friday, December 9, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump is set to meet on Monday with Carly Fiorina and Rick Santorum — two of his former 2016 GOP presidential rivals.

Mr. Trump is also scheduled to meet on Monday with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and GOP Rep. Raúl Labrador of Idaho.

The meetings, to take place at Trump Tower in New York, were announced on a Friday conference call with Mr. Trump’s transition team.



Mrs. Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, briefly served as Sen. Ted Cruz’s running mate after quitting the race in February. In October, she called for Vice President-elect Mike Pence to replace Mr. Trump on the top of the GOP ticket after a video surfaced of Mr. Trump bragging about leveraging his celebrity status to force himself onto women.

Mr. Trump also turned some heads during the campaign for remarks about Mrs. Fiorina’s face that were attributed to him in a Rolling Stone article.

Mr. Trump later said he was referring to her persona and not her looks, and he said at a GOP debate last September that Mrs. Fiorina is a beautiful woman.

Mr. Santorum, the former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio after dropping out of the race following the Iowa caucuses. He later threw his support behind Mr. Trump.

• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.

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