Robert De Niro's 'over-the-top' tirade was a 'stupid mistake' by the Biden campaign: Karl Rove

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Joining a group of Biden campaign members outside former President Trump's N.Y. criminal trial, Tuesday, actor Robert De Niro slammed Trump as a "danger" to Americans while being shouted at by nearby protesters. While closing arguments are underway inside the courtroom, Fox News contributor Karl Rove argued De Niro's "over-the-top" remarks were a "stupid mistake" for the Biden team on "America's Newsroom."

ROBERT DE NIRO CLAIMS TRUMP ‘COULD DESTROY THE WORLD’ OUTSIDE MANHATTAN COURT

KARL ROVE: Stupid mistake by the Biden campaign. ... While all the cameras were there, they wanted to get their moment in the sun. And it was a big mistake. It politicizes the trial. Better to have waited. And then what was said, with all due respect to Mr. De Niro, who's a wonderful, wonderful actor... "Donald Trump wants to destroy New York, destroy America, and destroy the world. And if you reelect him, he's never going to leave office. He's going to make himself a tyrant for life." Are those the kind of credible statements that are going to cause people who don't like Biden and don't like Trump, but are trying to figure out who to vote for, are they going to cause people to say, ‘well, geez, you now told me you wanted to destroy our country.’ Of course he did. The people who believe that are