Karl Rove
President, Karl Rove & Company. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Karl Rove is a Republican political strategist who guided George W. Bush's successful gubernatorial and presidential campaigns before serving as White House Deputy Chief of Staff. He currently writes a weekly column for The Wall Street Journal and serves as a Fox News political contributor.
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28statements
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8supported
2contradicted
67%fully supported
3said about them ↓ Everything Karl Rove said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Karl Rove criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene for opposing African AIDS relief
“When we have Marjorie Taylor Greene saying we must stop AIDS relief effort in Africa because we've got bigger problems here at home, it's a wrecking, it's not a, it's just not thoughtful. It's, we spend a pittance, a relative pittance of what this country has …”
Rove predicts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not impact the 2024 election
“So I, I'm dubious that he's gonna have a big impact on the election.”
Rove: Jill Biden and Valerie Biden Owens control Biden's reelection decision
“Jill Biden and Valerie Biden Owens, his sister, wife and sister, are the two most powerful people in effecting him. And for their own reasons, they've decided we want Joe to remain and to run.”
Rove: Replacing Biden makes 2024 competitive; otherwise Trump will win
“The election where today it would be Trump, and if Biden remains on the ticket, I think it will be Trump. If they swap him out, it'll be a horse race.”
Rove predicts Democrats will not replace Joe Biden with Gavin Newsom
“If they do hot swap them, it'll be, I don't know, but it won't be Newsom.”
Rove: Democrats cannot replace Kamala Harris as the vice presidential nominee
“You cannot replace Kamala Harris. She's going to be the running mate of whoever.”
Rove: Current U.S. political division is not the worst in modern history
“No. It's not. It's bad. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying it's cheery and wonderful. But even in the lifetimes of people who are around today, like me, It's been worse.”
Rove: William McKinley was the first modern president, overshadowed by Roosevelt
“The first modern president. Overshadowed by the guy that he made, that he rescued from oblivion and put him on a path to being the figure that we know today at Theodore Roosevelt.”
Rove: Steve Bannon pushed for a 50% top income tax bracket
“I saw Steve Bannon the other day who was talking about how, ah, during the battle over the tax cut bill, he wanted to raise taxes so it was 50% on the top bracket. Didn't want to lower it. He wanted to raise it. Because government ought to be able to take away…”
Karl Rove: Nancy Pelosi was effective until her final day as Speaker
“She was effective right up to the moment she gave up her speakership.”
Rove: Economic data from China is untrustworthy due to institutionalized deceit
“Do we have really today have any confidence whatsoever in any economic number that comes out of China? No, because they all got into a system of organized, you know, deceit, because if I wanted to remain the governor of whatever province, I had to hit the, tho…”
Rove: Dick Cheney cast a "stupid" vote against a Nelson Mandela resolution
“Cheney was a very conservative congressman from a very conservative state, 18 years ago, and he cast some really stupid votes, like being one of three members of the House of Representatives to vote against the resolution calling on the apartheid regime of Sou…”
Rove: A $14,000 local ad buy baited John Kerry's infamous 2004 gaffe
“We bought 11,000 or 14,000 dollars worth of ads in Huntington, West Virginia. I think it was February or March of 2004. He was going to be appearing the next day in front of the VFW audience to talk about his military experience versus Bush's lack of it. So we…”
Rove: Trump operates politically like the executive producer of The Apprentice
“The best way to think of him is the executive producer of The Apprentice. He has a highly rated TV show, and his object is to think about what is it that attracts the viewer, holds the viewer, and can surprise the viewer.”
Rove: The most effective political ads reinforce conclusions voters already hold
“Ads that reinforce what we have already sort of have concluded about it and give, and put it in a frame of importance are the most powerful ads of all.”
Rove: Bush fostered direct debate between junior staff and Condoleezza Rice
“Bush understood that, and he, so he tried very hard and succeeded in getting people to, you know, you'd have some junior G person from the Department of Widgets and Gadgets on one couch and Condi Rice on the other, and they'd be talking about something with di…”
Rove: A shrinking pool of swing voters holds outsized electoral leverage
“The interesting thing is that the number of people who identify as independents has grown, though a lot of them are, in essence operationally Democrats or Republicans, but the number of swing voters has declined, but it makes them more important because the tw…”
Rove: Third-party votes exceeded the margin of defeat in key battleground states
“Jill Stein, who was on 50 state ballots in 2016 and got more votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania than Hillary Clinton lost those states by, or Jurgensen, who was on the Libertarian ballot in all 50 states, And got more votes in, in Arizona, Wisconsi…”
Rove: Senior presidential advisors stifle debate if they voice opinions too early
“He knew how important it was that that that the chief and the chief and some of the senior advisors around the president encourage a robust discussion of any issue, not discourage it. And sometimes they could discourage it by simply voicing their opinion too e…”
Rove predicts each 2024 presidential campaign will spend one billion dollars
“Each side is going to spend a billion dollars.”
Rove: Attack a political opponent's perceived strength if it hides a weakness
“When I look at my opponent, I'm looking for, first of all, what are their weaknesses? You know, where are the things where they're most at odds with public opinion? And then I'm also looking for, what are the things that they think are strengths that are, in e…”
Rove: A single political ad cannot turn an election tide on its own
“One ad can't turn a tide. One ad can, if the tide is turning, it can accelerate it. But no, look, that's the thing about, it is consistent, persistent, Messaging. It's not, you know, sort of one explosive ad.”
Rove: The US PEPFAR relief program has saved 25 million lives
“Twenty-five million people alive today because of the generosity of the United States.”
Rove: Easy decisions never reach the president in the Oval Office
“None of the easy decisions show up in the Oval Office. All those get settled elsewhere. And when somebody is sitting in behind that big desk, they have to have people who walk in and can lay out the different options that they have pluses and minuses, and then…”
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