Karl Rove Blasts Trump’s ‘Unseemly,' ‘Dangerous’ Threats To Prosecute Hillary Clinton

On Fox News Sunday, Karl Rove was asked about Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure his Department of Justice into prosecuting Hillary Clinton. Rove didn’t hold back.

Transcript excerpt below via Fox News:

WALLCE: Well, Karl, I was thinking back, the Bush 43 White House, that you were part of, got in trouble for making what turned out to be a completely legal move to dismiss seven U.S. attorneys around the country. What do you make of the president’s comments this week in effect challenging his Justice Department and the FBI to go after Hillary Clinton?

ROVE: I think it’s unseemly. And, more than that, I think it’s dangerous. I think it’s dangerous for our country to get in the habit of where it looks like the political winners direct their Departments of Justice to go after their political opponents and political—the people they defeated at the polls.

I think it’s dangerous for President Trump because, look, this simply—once you unsheathe this particular weapon, you can never sheath it again. Imagine what would happen if a Democratic Congress got in, a Democrat majority in the House and Senate, and used their disagreements with political disagreements with the president to push for impeachment.

You know, and also it looks like he’s got something to hide. Leave this whole thing alone. Move on. Be the president of the United States.

This comes after Rove’s old boss, George W. Bush, and his father, George H.W. Bush, slammed Trump in a new book. Bush 43 called Trump’s inaugural speech “some weird s***,” revealed that he did not vote for Trump and said recently that “bigotry seems emboldened.” Bush 41 reportedly voted for Hillary Clinton and called Trump a “blowhard.”

Watch Rove join the pile on below, from the November 5, 2017 Fox News Sunday, via RealClear Politics.

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commented 2017-11-07 08:35:46 -0500 · Flag

Steve St John … even if the Dems hopefully do pull off a miracle and regain the House and Senate, Pelosi has already said that she would’t push for impeachment. She’d rather work on unifying the country and I would guess actually getting legislation pushed through. I can’t see Dump signing anything the Dems put forward, but at least the American people get to see the difference between what the Dems propose to help as opposed to what the Thugs propose to hurt.

commented 2017-11-07 00:39:39 -0500 · Flag

Truman is correct. As soon as the next wave of indictments are announced by Mueller, Jeff Sessions is quite likely to announce the special prosecutor, who will quickly announce indictments of his own against the Clintons and anyone else they can smear. These guys aren’t kidding about the “Lock Her Up” chant. Assuming that they wouldn’t do this is foolhardy given their record over the past year.

commented 2017-11-06 15:25:59 -0500 · Flag

“Imagine what would happen if a Democratic Congress got in, a Democrat majority in the House and Senate, and used their disagreements with political disagreements with the president to push for impeachment.” Did Herr Rove accidentally admit that Democrats are more moral than Republicans?

commented 2017-11-06 10:34:08 -0500 · Flag

Jefferson Beauregard, the ultimate weasel, will appoint a special prosecutor to endlessly investigate Hillary. He will keep his AG job for a few more months.

commented 2017-11-06 07:55:45 -0500 · Flag

The entire Republicans party is a giant crime family and the progressive and Democrats party keep shooting themselves in the foot, we need a really independent party who will really fight for the American people.

commented 2017-11-06 03:30:46 -0500 · Flag

Any decent person can see what a immoral, narsistic, braggart, racist, sexist, and just the most disgusting person that has ever been in the white house. I know all the racist Nazi’s in this country voted for him. the rest like the religious right should be embarrassed. That’s why I’m not religious when they can tell themselves this is the kind of guy Jesus would want you to vote for.

Karl Rove Blasts Trump’s ‘Unseemly’ And ‘Dangerous’ Threats To Prosecute Hillary Clinton

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