When Whoopi Goldberg defended her co-hosts on The View after they criticized Carly Fiorina's facial expressions, she suggested the Republican presidential candidate should be thankful because the show actually helped raise her profile.
As it turns out, Fiorina is using her battle with the show to raise something else: money.
The former Hewlett-Packard CEO fired out a fundraising email Tuesday that said The View hosts "played in the gutter: attacking my looks, my face, my smile."
"Many problems will impact the American people in 2016 – both men and women," Fiorina wrote in the missive, which included a video clip of The View hosts talking about her. "My face is not one of them."
Fiorina goes on to ask recipients to please chip in "just $13" to help her push back against personal attacks.
The feud with the show began last week, after The View co-host Michelle Collins said Fiorina "looked demented" during the last GOP presidential debate and fellow co-host Joy Behar chimed in that the visage would make a good Halloween mask.
Fiorina pushed back during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, saying liberal media are threatened by conservative women like her.
"It will not stop me, it will not scare me," she said. "Maybe the ladies of The View, if I come back on again, let's see if they have the guts to say that to my face."
Goldberg announced on the show Monday that they will indeed get a chance to do just that. Fiorina is slated to appear Friday.
Fiorina has not notched great fundraising numbers among Republican presidential hopefuls so far. Her campaign had raised $8.4 million as of Sept. 30, placing her sixth behind Ben Carson, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, and Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
