{"id":1931294,"date":"2023-05-15T22:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T02:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petty-and-small-karl-rove-hammers-trump-and-says-desantis-is-more-popular\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T22:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T02:47:48","slug":"petty-and-small-karl-rove-hammers-trump-and-says-desantis-is-more-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petty-and-small-karl-rove-hammers-trump-and-says-desantis-is-more-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Rove criticizes Trump, praises DeSantis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpetty-and-small-karl-rove-hammers-trump-and-says-desantis-is-more-popular%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1931294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Karl Rove Takes Aim at Trump&#8217;s Petty Comments<\/h2>\n<h3>Former George W. Bush aide Karl Rove responded to Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s (R-FL) comments that the GOP must reject a &#8220;culture of losing&#8221; and seemed to take aim at former President Donald Trump.<\/h3>\n<p>In a new ad Friday, Trump attacked DeSantis and said he needs a \u201cpersonality transplant.\u201d Rove responded by calling Trump \u201cpetty, small, and unimportant.\u201d He noted that Trump would be better off talking about his policies for the party rather than running down his opponents.<\/p>\n<h2>The Top Issues Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidates are Campaigning On<\/h2>\n<p>DeSantis, expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign soon, hosted an event in Iowa in the Sioux Center. He highlighted Republicans&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-jordan-b-petersons-beyond-order-12-more-rules-for-life\/\" title=\"Review: Jordan B. Peterson\u2019s \u2018Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life\u2019\">recent string<\/a> of losses and said the GOP was expected \u201cto have this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-bashes-ron-desantis-in-private-dull-personality\/\" title=\"Report-- Trump Bashes Ron DeSantis in Private: 'Dull Personality'\">big red wave<\/a>, and other than Florida and Iowa, I didn\u2019t see a red wave across this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump once again pushed back on DeSantis\u2019s personality, saying the governor \u201cis not a winner,\u201d telling the Messenger on Monday he is beating him in some polls by 40 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s got no personality. And I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s got a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-kamala-laughs-through-border-crisis\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Kamala Laughs Through Border Crisis\">political skill<\/a>,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Rove highlighted some of DeSantis&#8217;s recent triumphs, saying he had \u201ca great fundraiser in the eastern part of the state.\u201d He also mentioned &#8220;a surprise event where he stops in Des Moines, near where Donald Trump was supposed to have a rally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two GOP favorites were expected to hold rallies in Iowa this weekend \u2014 DeSantis held back-to-back events in Sioux Center and Cedar Rapids, but Trump&#8217;s Des Moines rally was canceled due to a tornado watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore he comes into [Iowa], the Republican Senate leader and the House Republican majority leader both endorse him with 30 of their colleagues,\u201d Rove said about DeSantis securing endorsements of more than three dozen Iowa state legislators on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h3>Why DeSantis May Be the Big Beneficiary of the 2024 Presidential Race<\/h3>\n<p>The 2024 presidential race has seen growing concerns from voters about the age of the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petty-and-small-karl-rove-hammers-trump-and-says-desantis-is-more-popular\/\" title=\"Rove criticizes Trump, praises DeSantis.\">parties&#8217; front-runners<\/a>, making DeSantis, 45, an outlier in potential nominees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re at a generation shift in this country, and Ron DeSantis may be the big beneficiary of all that,\u201d Rove said.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Karl Rove called out Trump for his petty comments about DeSantis<\/li>\n<li>DeSantis highlighted the GOP&#8217;s recent string of losses and the need to reject a &#8220;culture of losing&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Trump criticized DeSantis&#8217;s personality and political skill<\/li>\n<li>Rove highlighted DeSantis&#8217;s recent triumphs and endorsements from Iowa state legislators<\/li>\n<li>DeSantis may be the big beneficiary of the 2024 presidential race due to concerns about the age of front-runners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Rove, a former aide to George W. Bush, criticized Donald Trump&#8217;s recent attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump had called for DeSantis to undergo a &#8220;personality transplant.&#8221; Rove called Trump &#8220;petty&#8221; and &#8220;small&#8221; in response, and urged the GOP to reject a &#8220;culture of losing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1931295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3763,4980,7360,25292,3634],"class_list":["post-1931294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-criticizes","tag-desantis","tag-praises","tag-rove","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1931295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}