banning muslims temporarily does nothing. it does nothing to deny them territory abroad, which we must do. and it does nothing to protect us at home. so let s get a real plan to protect us at home, and deny them their territory overseas. i have such a plan. i ve been around our military and intelligence capabilities for years. i know most of our arab allies. we have to actually do something that works. okay. instead of waving our arms and trying to sow conflict. so you detailed parts of your plan. and we talked earlier about donald trump s temporary muslim ban. you don t like that. and yet, mrs. fiorina when you look at the brand new fox news poll taken down in south carolina, half of it was taken before the plan that he announced, the other half after. before the plan, 30% of the people said that they would support him. and then afterwrtds it spiked to 38%. and there s a bloomberg poll that say two-thirds of primary voters like his ban. they like the idea.
had an interview later that day with hugh hewitt and knocked it out of the park. that s carly fiorina. let s play that sound. we know the general of the quds force has been a powerful tool of the iranian regime to sow conflict. we also know that the kuds forces are responsible for the death and rounding of american soldiers. we also know that the quds forces have been in syria and a whole bunch of other countries in the middle east. the iranian deal which sadly has just been approved by congress, starts a massive flow of money, and that money is going to be used not only to build up an iranian nuclear weapon which they have been hell-bent on getting for 30 years, that money is also going to the quds forces. come on now. that s how you answer the
quds force, has been a powerful tool of the iranian regime to sow conflict. reporter: trump, true to form, lashed out. i thought he said kurds. this third-grade radio announcer that i did the show. gotcha, gotcha. every question was, do i know this one, that one? reporter: trump s gop opponents were quick to pounce. you can t flippantly say, i ll hire the best people and it will be done. you ve got to have some sense of what s at risk here. i think if you don t know the answer to those questions, you re not going to be able to serve as commander in chief. reporter: trump isn t alone. neurosurgeon ben carson, polling closely behind trump, has struggled to answer tough foreign policy questions. should we have that sort of commitment that if putin makes a move on the baltic states we d go to war? well, if we have them involved in nato. we need to convince them to get involved in nato and strengthen
forces, the bad guys. reporter: he accused him of gotcha questions. when you ask who is running this, this, this, that is i will be so good at the military, your head will spin. thank you. reporter: carly fiorina, another candidate from business, not politics, was on same program the same day answering with more fluency. we know the qud force has been a powerful tool of the iranian regime to sow conflict. reporter: other candidates piled on. you can t say, well, you know, i will hire the best people and it will be done. you have to have some sense of what s at risk here. if you don t know the answer to those questions, you are not going to be afble to serve as commander in chief. reporter: he is not the first who doesn t deal with geopolitical issues. here is ben carson earlier this year.
we know that the gen, the qods force has been a powerful tool of the iranian regime to sow conflict. reporter: trump s gop opponents were quick to pounce. you can t flippantly say i ll high the best people. you have to have a sense of what s at risk. if you don t know the answers to those questions, you can t serve as commander in chief. reporter: here s ben carson earlier this year. should we have that sort of commitment that if putin makes a move on the baltic states, we would go to war? well, if we have them involved in nato, we need to we need to convince them to get involved in nato and strengthen nato. well, they are in nato. reporter: no one could argue ben carson, a ped tick neurosurgeon is not bright.