Republican strategist Karl Rove took exception to being called a RINO, telling an audience he had received “credible threats” recently.
Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Rove said that he had received “threats” after he revealed that he plans to vote for John Rosenthal. It will be the first time in 30 years that he’s voted for a Democrat, and apparently that has been a problem for some.
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“I look at these people and they say, well, I’m a RINO. Really? Where were you when we were fighting and scrapping to build this Republican Party? Where were you?” Rove challenged. “You know, where were these people out there raising — in 2020, I went out and raised $13 million from people outside of Texas to help on the Texas State House races. Where were these sons of b**ches? Don’t lecture me! I run a voter registration project as a volunteer. I raise 6-, 7-, 800,000, a million dollars a year, in order to do it. That has registered 220,000 new Republicans this cycle. We have registered over 800,000 new Republicans since we began in 2019. Where are these sons of b**ches?”
“They’re sitting there listening to Tucker Carlson mouth off. Or they’re tuning in to Steve Bannon. They can’t be bothered to walk the precincts, raise the money, do the work necessary. And they’re mouthing me and talking to me, and telling me I’m a RINO? To hell with them,” he continued, as the audience cheered.
“I do want to thank them. The threats that they made in the aftermath of my saying I was going to vote for John Rosenthal (D) did get me DPS parked outside my house for a week because of quote ‘credible threats’ that they won’t tell me. I’d like to find who issued those credible threats, and meet that sumab*tch in a dark alley someplace!” the GOP strategist declared.
He also noted that it prompted him to write a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat.”
“I said, if some guy’s gonna be hearing about me making a comment and threatening me, and threatening a bunch of legislators, what the hell? In for a penny, in for a pound,” he joked.
“I enjoyed having the DPS officers inside the house,” Rove added. “I had to give them the code to the door to get in the garage so they had access to the restroom, and Karen put out lots of drinks and snacks for them.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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