Talk Host Apologizes For Comment About Fiorina

Steve Deace

The "full vagina" comment by Iowa's Steve Deace, a conservative radio talk show host who has endorsed Ted Cruz in the GOP presidential race, is catching attention online.

"Wow...Fiorina goes full vagina right away," Deace, a West Des Moines resident whose radio show is nationally syndicated, said on Twitter Tuesday night after Carly Fiorina's remarks at the beginning of the GOP debate in Las Vegas.

Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard technology company, in her opening statement threw a not-so-subtle dart at GOP front-runner Donald Trump for his "bombastic insults," and said she has been called the "b-word" throughout her career.

Wow...Fiorina goes full vagina right away

— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015

Deace apologized after his wife, Amy Deace, said his original comments were "too vulgar." Here's his apology tweet:

. @amydeace tells me while on point about Carly and gender card I was too vulgar and need to apologize. And my wife is ALWAYS right. So I do

— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015

In February, Deace left WHO 1040 aM, Des Moines' powerhouse talk-radio station where he began as a sports talk show host, to launch a nationally-syndicated radio show on the Truth Radio Network, a network of Christian talk radio stations spread mostly across North Carolina, Virginia and Utah. (Many of Deace's loyal listeners tuned in online.) The Salem Radio Network picked up Deace's program in October and offers the from 9p to midnight-Eastern.