The Latest: Fiorina lashes out over debate exclusion


              Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks during a campaign event at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks during a campaign event at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - The Latest from the 2016 campaign trail with days to go until the New Hampshire primary (all times local):

10:50 a.m.

Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina is lashing out over a decision to exclude her from Saturday's ABC GOP debate.

Fiorina has appeared in previous undercard debates in recent weeks, but since Monday's Iowa caucuses, many of those with whom she'd shared the stage have suspended their campaigns.

Fiorina has not been invited to the main stage debate, a move she says is rooted in the idea that "establishment candidates...are afraid to debate me."

"The game is rigged," Fiorina wrote in a blog post on Medium.com, blaming ABC News and the Republican National Committee for the decision.

10:30 a.m.

Former talk show host and political commentator Montel Williams says John Kasich is the right "adult" among GOP contenders to occupy the White House.

Williams, also a military veteran, said in an op-ed posted online Thursday night that he sees the Ohio governor as the right candidate to be "responsible enough to command the world's most powerful military" and that he is the "the best choice to root out corruption at the Veterans Administration."

Williams also says Kasich can "rise above the din of toxicity infecting our national dialogue" and appeal to a wide array of voters within what he sees as a divided Republican Party, which he sees as "in trouble."

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