Karl Rove Warns Trump’s Midterm Strategy Could Doom GOP

Roberto Schmidt / Getty Images A veteran Republican strategist has warned that Donald Trump’s plans to avoid a GOP electoral wipeout in the midterms are doomed to fail.

Karl Rove, the architect of George W.

Bush’s successful campaigns for governor and president, suggested that Trump is sticking to a “losing” path by ignoring how deeply unpopular he has become.

Writing in the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, Rove questioned two of Trump’s plans to give the GOP a much-needed midterm boost: spending heavily on ads touting his apparent second-term achievements and holding daily rallies in competitive states and districts in the run-up to the Nov.

3 elections.

“What could go wrong with a rally a day and hundreds of millions of dollars in ads in battleground states featuring Mr.

Trump? A lot,” Rove wrote.

“For starters, if your approval rating is low, making the election even more about you only helps the opposition.” Trump has recorded dire approval ratings throughout his second term amid intense backlash to his handling of the economy, his failure to tackle food prices, and his war on Iran.

Republicans fear that being associated with a president whose approval rating is in the low 30s is going to severely damage their election chances in the midterms.

Rove believes those fears are warranted and could be exacerbated if Trump follows through on his idea of holding daily rallies to try to energize Republican voters.

“Mr.

Trump is never disciplined.

He’ll have no script, saying whatever comes to mind.

His crazy comments will dominate the news, locally and nationally,” Rove wrote.