Rove on GOP midterm convention: "Missed opportunity"

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Former Senior Adviser and Deputy Chief of Staff to George W. Bush Karl Rove criticized the GOP strategy of pushing President Trump in the midterm elections during a discussion at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. "I've been through this — 2006, you think George W. Bush was popular?" he said. "No, and we understood that." Mr. Rove went on to say that "a president in a year like this ought to recede as a political figure and grow as a presidential figure." President Trump's approval rating hit a new low in a latest poll by Reuters, showing an overall approval rate of 32%, down three points from the previous week. The former deputy chief of staff went on to call the GOP midterm convention that was held in early September a "missed opportunity," and mocked President Trump's speech offering a $5000 dividend to American adults if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate. "This is a party, it is not a person," he said. "And he treats it as if it is