
John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre as having successful impacts for all Americans. He praised the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the gun legislation sponsored by Sens. On a hopeful note, Rove observed that good bipartisan legislation can still happen. Rove justified the feuding between Disney and DeSantis, saying that Disney is emblematic of big business getting special privileges. It does things its own way, Haviv says, but it’s consistent about it. Rove also thought ex-Vice President Mike Pence impresses some red staters as a “man of courage” during the attack on the Capitol.Īnd he told the crowd not to dismiss Florida Gov. The Saint Regis logo comes from a specific era, and implies a certain degree of luxury and dignity. For 32 years, we’ve been governed by baby boomers and the Silent Generation.” He said Americans were “dying for generational change. He praised her energy and the fact that she was Gen X. Rove said he invited dozens of politically-connected people to his home to meet Haley, who was also Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations. Rove believes there are some Trump rivals who could win over Trump’s loyal base, including former South Carolina Gov.

“Donad Trump has no friends,” Rove said at one point, later describing him as “driven by rage, anger, desire for revenge” rather than policy. Rove acknowledged Trump’s charisma but repeatedly stressed that Trump should be part of the past. When Rove taught at the University of Texas-Austin, he compared political battles to Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.”īut the focus remained steadily on Trump and his impact on the GOP’s future. Bush’s Texas gubernatorial and presidential campaigns and against opponents of the 2003 Iraq invasion. The crowd overflowing the auditorium laughed appreciatively.Ĭouric praised Rove’s skills as a Trump mimic.įascinating books have been written about Rove’s alleged scorched-earth tactics while working on George W. Rove mimicked Trump telling guests to “try the prime rib,” then turning to an assistant and yelling, “Bring me the Rocket Man file.” Rove imagined him bragging to guests about how much the North Korean dictator liked him. He is also facing a state investigation in Georgia on similar allegations in a recording of a call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Trump can be heard asking Raffensperger to “find” more votes.He regaled the audience with his vocal impersonation of Trump boasting to Mar-a-Lago dinner guests about the classified documents the ex-president stashed in his resort. Trump is under federal investigation over efforts he and allies may have taken to attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

Since Ducey’s refusal to overturn the state’s election results in 2020, he has been a political punching bag for Trump, who has called him a “RINO” - Republican in Name Only - and “one of the worst Governors in America.” But Ducey, who has since left office after reaching his term limit, has stood by his decision, saying he was “loyal to the Constitution and the law.” “I got updates on that, passed that along, and it was no more, no less than that.”Īccording to the Post’s report, Trump also called Ducey, prodding the Republican governor to find enough fraudulent votes to help overturn his narrow loss to Joe Biden in the state. “After so much uncertainty about the election outcome in places like Arizona, in places like Georgia, states around the country, were going through the legal process of engaging in a … review under state law,” Pence said.
