Trump Goes Full Cancel Culture As He Angrily Demands Fox News Fire Karl Rove

Updated March 5, 20212 Mins read251

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Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly decried “cancel culture,” but on Thursday night, he proved once again that he’s one of its biggest practitioners.

Trump released an angry statement decrying several Republican figures for being disloyal to him and called on Fox News to ditch longtime contributor Karl Rove, who he labeled a “RINO.”

“Karl Rove is all talk and no action!” Trump wrote. “Fox News should get rid of Karl Rove and his ridiculous ‘whiteboard’ as soon as possible!”

Trump was apparently triggered by a Wall Street Journal column in which Rove criticized the former president’s CPAC speech as “divisive, controversial and embittered.”

“There was no forward-looking agenda,” the longtime GOP strategist wrote. “Simply a recitation of his greatest hits.”

Rove dismissed Trump’s gripe in a statement to Reuters.

“I’ve been called a lot of things in my career, but never a RINO,” Rove said. “I’ll continue to use my whiteboard and voice to call balls and strikes.”

Trump has a long history of attempting to cancel people and companies that have triggered him, from the NFL to HBO to the Macy’s department store.

Vice and CNN both have running lists.

Twitter users couldn’t help but point out the hypocrisy:

Trump calls for the cancellation of Karl Rove on Fox 0 which is interesting given CPAC and Republican distate for so called “cancel culture”

— Alan Fisher (@AlanFisher) March 5, 2021

“Former Guy” endorses cancel culture https://t.co/ixmJr1J508

— Bill the Cat 🌊 #Resist (@tedescobill) March 5, 2021

Is this that cancel culture I’ve heard so much about? https://t.co/fhTfQaJlwf

— Erin Gaetz (@ErinGaetz) March 5, 2021

So now Donald Trump is trying to get Fox News to fire Karl Rove? Guys, I’m starting to think the GOP’s cancel culture rhetoric isn’t entirely sincere.

— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) March 5, 2021

Oh my Lord. He is losing it. https://t.co/wN1QEdf2Jm

— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) March 5, 2021

So Trump is trying to cancel Karl Rove? I thought conservatives said cancel culture was bad.

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) March 5, 2021

Sore Loser Trump attacks @KarlRove who was the architect of 2 Presidential wins — Something Trump will never have. https://t.co/XdIo6PQ1en

— Barbara Comstock (@BarbaraComstock) March 5, 2021

Wait! Is Trump trying to CANCEL Karl Rove????

Oh, now that’s funny 😂🤣😂🤣

— Suburban Woman 🌊🌊 (@suburban_meme) March 5, 2021

Hey, @jim_jordan, this is a “cancel culture” alert because I know you want to hold hearings and stomp this out. Donald Trump says FOX News should “get rid of” Karl Rove because he said unkind and hurtful words. Go get ’em tiger. Tell Trump this cancel culture MUST stop. 🤣 https://t.co/gguYJA4duq

— HereEndethTheLesson (@TheLesson55) March 5, 2021