Karl Rove's suggestion that Hillary Clinton suffered brain damage is still not going over well, even on the right. A Fox News Sunday segment this weekend got testy when a couple of panelists criticized Rove's remarks directly to the political operative's face, all while Rove interjected clarifications and refused to back down from his original claim.
Contributor Juan Williams blasted Rove for making an unwarranted "personal attack," adding that "the GOP at this moment is apoplectic over Hillary Clinton."
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Slovakia's growing bear problemUnder The Radar Government officials back plan to cull animals after latest death
-
Greenland: Sending in the advance guardFeature The Vice President's 3-day trip to Greenland was cut short after facing backlash from local officials and residents
-
Free speech: The case of Rumeysa OzturkFeature The Turkish student was confronted by masked federal agents and transported in an unmarked vehicle
-
Judge orders US to recall deported migrantSpeed Read The Trump administration has been ordered to retrieve one of the migrants it sent to a prison in El Salvador due to an 'administrative error'
-
Trump calls tariffs 'medicine' as stocks plungeSpeed Read 'Sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,' the president said of his imposed 10% tariffs on imported goods
-
Trump axes NSA head, NSC staff after Loomer adviceSpeed Read On the recommendation of Laura Loomer, Trump fired the head of the National Security Agency and several National Security Council officials
-
Trump says tariffs 'going very well' as markets fallspeed read US financial markets had their biggest one-day drop since the advent of Covid-19
-
Trump rolls out tariffs on virtually all importsSpeed Read On "Liberation Day," Trump announced a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to America and higher reciprocal tariffs for some 60 other countries
-
Sen. Booker's 25-hour speech beats ThurmondSpeed Read He spoke for the longest time in recorded Senate history, protesting the Trump administration's policies
-
Bondi seeks death penalty for Luigi MangioneSpeed Read Mangione was charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year
-
Democrats win costly Wisconsin court seatSpeed Read Democrats prevailed in an election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court despite Elon Musk's robust financial support of the Republican candidate
