Carly Fiorina fails to register domain name, trolling ensues

Carly Fiorina fails to register domain name, trolling ensues
(Image credit: Carlyfiorina.org)

Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO running for president, has no political experience. Campaigning for president will be a learning process, then, and the first lesson came Monday with the revelation that Fiorina neglected to nail down at least one obvious domain name ahead of her launch. As a result, the site carlyfiorina.org displays no information about Fiorina's vision for America, but rather thousands of mocking emoticons representing HP layoffs under her watch:

Fiorina is not the first 2016 candidate to run into this problem. Domain squatters also trolled Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) with a pro-Obama, pro-immigration reform message.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.