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NEW: Trump Eviscerates Infamous Bush Official For Endorsing Dem Candidate

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President Donald Trump had harsh words for Karl Rove, a former senior adviser to former President George W. Bush and longtime Fox News contributor, after he endorsed a Democratic Party candidate in a closely-watched Texas race.

According to a report from the Texas Tribune, Rove said he would vote for the Democratic Party candidate in Texas’ railroad commissioner race. Rove indicated that he could not support Republican nominee Bo French, who won the Republican nomination for a seat on the commission in a tightly contested primary earlier this year.

Rove made the remarks during a members-only lunch at the Headliners Club in Austin, according to Tribune reporter Carlos Nogueras Ramos. Three attendees, who spoke with the outlet on the condition of anonymity, told Ramos that

Rove called French a “bigot,” according to the attendees. He added that the only previous Democrat he had voted for was Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock during Bullock’s 1994 reelection campaign.

President Trump had harsh words for Rove in a social media post a few hours after the endorsement was made public. “Karl Rove is so bad for the Republican Party, and completely wrong so often. He suffers from a major case of Trump Derangement Syndrome primarily because, for almost 10 years, I beat back and won against so many of the people and things that he wanted and espoused,” the president posted on X.

“Why does FoxNews and the WSJ keep his RINO Voice alive. The guy is a stone cold loser!”

Rove’s comments followed posts French made on X the previous day, in which he lamented the dramatic influx of southeast Asian immigration in Texas. He did so based on a photo of predominantly Indian and southeast Asian students at the University of Texas’ game against Ohio State over the weekend.

French defended the posts on a conservative radio program, saying they concerned policies he believes prioritize foreigners over Americans, including university admissions and visa programs, and that critics within the party were “less conservative.”

Rove, who teaches graduate students at the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, referenced one of his students of south Asian descent during the lunch. Attendees said he described the student as among the more hardworking people he had taught and as a “Texan at heart.”

The Texas Railroad Commission is the state agency that regulates oil and gas production. Rosenthal, a four-term state representative from Houston and a mechanical engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry, is the Democratic Party nominee.

French, the former Tarrant County Republican Party chair, won the GOP nomination after a campaign that emphasized cultural issues, including comments on immigration policy and other social topics outside the commission’s regulatory scope.

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