Karl Rove Trashes Trump: ‘The Most Partisan State Of The Union Speech In Memory’

The Republican strategist laid into President Donald Trump for attacking Democrats as "crazy" and "sick people" who are "destroying our country."

President Donald Trump on Tuesday squandered any potential goodwill he may have gained with his State of the Union guests when he bashed Democrats as “crazy” and “sick people” during the Tuesday speech, Republican strategist Karl Rove wrote Wednesday in his latest column for The Wall Street Journal.

“In what may have been a first, Mr. Trump attacked his predecessor by name several times,” Rove noted. “He repeatedly condemned congressional Democrats, tried to force them to stand and applaud him, and lacerated them when they didn’t. He was spoiling for a fight.”

He continued, “Many presidents have used the occasion to pressure the opposition on key issues. None have done so as directly and brutally as Mr. Trump did Tuesday. He savaged Democrats as ‘sick people’ and ‘crazy,’ claiming they ‘are destroying our country.’”

Read the full opinion piece on The Wall Street Journal.

Trump shattered records by delivering the longest State of the Union speech ever given, but spent much of the time insulting his opponents and flat-out lying about his purported accomplishments. Rove argued Trump initially appeared rather magnanimous.