Karl Rove: Picking ‘Fresh Face’ at Convention Could End Up Really Helping the GOP
Karl Rove made the case to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt earlier tonight that nominating a “fresh face” at the GOP convention could do wonders for their presidential aspirations.
Rove went into details explaining the rules of the convention and how there’s “no rule on the Republican Party side that says that you have to be formally nominated in order to have people receive votes.”
He said it’s incredibly “disingenuous” for people to argue that the only two people who should be able to get votes are Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Rove also pointed out that when you look at the polls, John Kasich is shown to beat Hillary Clinton––his competitors not so much.
But looking beyond those three, Rove made this observation:
“If we have somebody who we think has been battle-tested and has strong conservative principles and the ability to articulate them, and they are nominated at this convention, there will be a lot of acrimony from the people who were seeking the nomination. But if it’s somebody who has, you know, has those convictions that they can express in a compelling way, we could come out of the convention in relatively strong position, because we do have, you know, look. Donald Trump excites a lot of enthusiasm. But he also excites a lot of anger within the Republican Party and outside of the Republican Party. And a fresh face might be the thing that could give us a chance to turn this election and win in November against Hillary.”
Listen to the full interview above, via The Hugh Hewitt Show.
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