Former George W. Bush presidential adviser Karl Rove sounded off on ‘The Story’ following Colorado’s decision to strike Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024.
The 4-3 decision by Colorado’s all-Democrat state Supreme Court nixing former President Trump from the 2024 ballot citing the Fourteenth Amendment’s insurrection clause will only serve to help Trump garner more Republican support, former Bush adviser Karl Rove told Fox News.
Rove suggested the move will be a fundraising goldmine for the former president, while also drawing in Republicans who may or may not already be supporting Trump’s candidacy.
“It serves to energize the Trump supporters and to give the former president a chance to raise more money from people who are suddenly going to be angry about what’s going on,” he said on “The Story.”
“This does not look fair, does not look appropriate. And the response is going to be to drive up the president’s – the former president’s numbers.”
Rove cited a New York Times poll depicting 45% of Americans believing legal actions against Trump are politically motivated, with half believing he committed serious crimes. Rove, however, noted the 50% number is composed of 93% Democrats, while about four-fifths of Republicans were included in the prior figure.
