Carly Fiorina responds to VP speculation: 'That's sexist'

Carly Fiorina mostly keeps the fact that she's the lone Republican woman running for president out of the conversation, telling Laura Ingraham Wednesday that she "never made gender an issue" in her campaign. But that didn't keep the GOP candidate from flaring up at the suggestion she's not in the race for the long haul.

"The people who say that I am in this for vice president — that's sexist," Fiorina said on Ingraham's show. "I'm in this to win this job. No one talks about the men being veep. I think I'm qualified to do the job."

Earlier Tuesday, CNN adjusted the criteria for its upcoming Republican presidential debate to make room for Fiorina, who held her own — and then some — at Fox News' debate for lower-polling candidates in August.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.