Rove criticizes both liberals and conservatives on the issue. Rove: Impeachment talk 'shame'

Karl Rove is playing a bipartisan blame game when it comes to talk about impeachment.

“[President Barack Obama] is playing with the American people by suggesting a constitutional crisis where none exists,” Rove said Tuesday on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.” “Shame on him and shame on those people in the administration who participate with him.”


And Rove turned his fire on the GOP, adding, “Shame on conservatives and Republicans who helped him along.”

Impeachment chatter has reached new heights in recent days. While Democrats are pointing fingers at Republicans for pushing the conversation, the GOP is claiming that the other side of the aisle is exaggerating the threat of impeachment in attempts to fundraise.

“You have to take your hat off to the cynic-in-chief who sits in the Oval Office of the White House,” Rove said. “The president of the United States is cynically suggesting a constitutional crisis in order to fatten the bank accounts of the Democratic fundraising groups in order to try and energize the Democratic turnout for the fall elections.”

On July 25, a CNN/ORC poll found that 33 percent of Americans agreed that the president should be removed from office.

“[The president] wants nothing more than Republican and conservative leaders to step forward and say ‘We agree, we ought to try and impeach him,’” Rove said. “That’s what the president wants. Just like he wanted people to step forward on the birther issue because he knew it undermined the credibility of the Republicans and conservatives and served his, President Obama’s, purposes.”