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Karl Rove

(George W. Bush) Former Senior Advisor to the President

From: January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007 Predecessor Sidney Blumenthal Successor Barry Jackson Information

Party RINO

Spouse(s) Valerie Mather Wainwright (div.)

Darby Tara Hickson (div.)

Karen Johnson

Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950, age 69) is a RINO Backer known for losing the Congress to a Democrat takeover in 2006 and pursuing policies that resulted in the Republican Party to suffer landslide defeats in the 2008 elections. For an encore, perhaps to cater to socially liberal donors to his Super PAC, in August 2012 Rove made vicious remarks against conservative Todd Akin in an unsuccessful attempt to force him to give up his nomination for the U.S. Senate. Furthering Rove's downward spiral, less than 2% of candidates backed by Rove's Super PACs succeeded in the 2012 General Election.[1] Since leaving the White House in 2007, Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor for Fox News, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal. Rove is part of the Establishment as a crony of George W. Bush.

Rove sided with Planned Parenthood when Komen for the Cure temporarily stopped funding it, according to Karen Handel, who was an executive at Komen for the Cure at the time.[2]

Robert Novak famously observed that Rove had become "part of the problem" as he was hurting the Republican Party towards the end of the George W. Bush Administration.

By 2012, Rove had reinvented himself with funding by Las Vegas casino billionaires for Rove's Super PAC, American Crossroads and its sister Super PAC, "American Crossroads GPS". Rove married for the third time and was flown on his honeymoon in a private jet owned by a Las Vegas casino mogul. This resulted in his being satirized by Stephen Colbert as "Ham Rove" the political consultant to the Colbert SuperPAC.[3]

Liberal Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and Fox News promote Rove heavily, although it is unclear his political advice and the ads run by his American Crossroads had any positive effect.

Trump

A frequent critic of Donald Trump, Rove described the White House in April 2017 as "unhealthy" and having "three tribes":[4]

“ “There is a group around Jared Kushner and his supporters and allies. There is one around Steve Bannon and a sort of alt-right in the White House. And one sort of around Reince Priebus and everybody else,” Rove remarked. “And while I think there is a tendency to exaggerate a little bit in the press, I think there’s a lot behind this that’s real.” ”

According to a report in May 2020, Rove was advising Trump's re-election campaign.[5] Following this, the left-wing Salon was none too quick to attack Rove, calling him “Turd Blossom”.[6]

Background

Rove was the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Bush administration. Rove's longtime partnership with George W. Bush dates back to Bush's terms as governor of Texas. Rove ran all of Bush's campaigns for governor and for president. Rove was credited as the "architect" of these elections.

Rove started his political career early, attending the University of Utah but dropping out in July 1971 to work in the College Republican National Committee. Often called "the brains behind Bush" or "the Architect," Rove is credited as the chief architect of the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns.

Resignation

On August 13, 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an interview with Rove in which he announced that he would be resigning from his position of deputy Chief of Staff at the end of the month.[7] Rove explained the move as motivated by his dedication to his family.