Karl Rove Scolds Trump and the GOP After Dismal Election Day

Isaac Schorr Nov 6th, 2025, 9:48 am

LEFT: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) RIGHT: Karl Rove (screenshot)

Legendary GOP operative Karl Rove scolded President Donald Trump and their shared party in his post-election column.

While Rove had expressed optimism about Republicans’ chances in New Jersey’s gubernatorial and Virginia’s attorney general race, Democrats ended up sweeping every major election held on Tuesday.

In the , Rove analyzed where Republicans may have made mistakes, writing “the GOP has to learn that screaming ‘communist’ and ‘socialist’ at run-of-the-mill Democrats doesn’t move even die-hard MAGA voters. Explaining why a Democrat’s policies will raise costs or hurt jobs and offering a constructive, for

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