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Zorro

(18,889 posts)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:43 PM Aug 2025

Trump Rips Into Karl Rove For Not Crowning Him the GOP's Savior

The long-time Republican strategist told Fox News that Republicans needed to appeal to more than just the party’s base.

President Donald Trump lashed out at Republican strategist Karl Rove after he suggested the GOP prevailed in the 2024 election because voters didn’t like the Biden-Harris ticket.

During an appearance on Wednesday’s edition of Fox and Friends, host Charles Hurt asked Rove what advice he has for the Republican party as Democrats attempt to unite around a party message and a candidate at this week’s Democratic National Committee summer meeting.

Rove encouraged his party to aim beyond the “hard-core base of the party” and broaden the Republican coalition by appealing to independent voters, ticket splitters and “people who might be suspect of the Republicans but need to be wooed to win elections.”

“They got wooed in 2024 because the idea of four more years of the Biden-Harris administration was anathema to them,” he continued. “They voted for Republicans because they didn’t want to vote for Democrats.” Trump won the popular vote in 2024 by 77.30 million to 75.02 million—although he fell short of securing more than 50 per cent of the popular vote, with 2.89 million votes going to neither of the two main candidates.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-rips-into-karl-rove-for-not-crowning-him-the-gops-savior/

Rove may just have moved up on the FBI's home and office search list...
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Trump Rips Into Karl Rove For Not Crowning Him the GOP's Savior (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2025 OP
Finally, somebody not willing to debase themselves any further. Turbineguy Aug 2025 #1
"Under the bus, you stupid G.O.P. sucker and loser." - Krasnov (r-golf cheat) BoRaGard Aug 2025 #2
When pond scum like Rove doesn't worship at tsfs' feet BlueKota Aug 2025 #3

BlueKota

(5,555 posts)
3. When pond scum like Rove doesn't worship at tsfs' feet
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 05:44 PM
Aug 2025

That means tsf is even lower than pond scum.

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