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In fact, FOX News anchor Martha MacCallum this evening dubbed the Donald \"the elephant not in the room.\"

Fiorina, who participated in tonight's pre-debate forum with seven other candidates who failed to qualify for the main debate, also outpaced all the Republicans with whom she shared the stage:

.@CarlyFiorina is top searched in more states than any other #GOPdebate early candidateshttps://t.co/eyhWX1kJKF pic.twitter.com/45WzRpDNnn

— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) August 6, 2015

Rival pre-debate forum participant Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) also saw a big spike in Google traffic, just moments after he mentioned his deceased mother and father.

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