By Mark Geary, Reporter
IOWA CITY — He’s been called the mastermind of the Bush administration. Sunday night, Karl Rove, President Bush’s former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor, spoke to a crowd of about 1,000 people at the University of Iowa.
The university paid Rove $40,000 to speak, which is pretty standard for someone like him. However, many people disagreed with the decision to pay him to speak.
It quickly became a hostile evening for Rove. Protestors rallied together against Rove hours before he even took the stage.
When Rove tried to start speaking, jeers from the crowd immediately interrupted him.
Police escorted two people out after they attempted to perform a citizen’s arrest on Rove for his actions during the Bush administration.
At times, Rove had trouble saying more than a few words before someone shouted at him from the crowd.
“You got a chance to ask your questions later and make your stupid statements, let me make mine,” Rove said.
Near the end of the talk, someone shouted from the crowd, ‘Can we have our $40,000 back?’
Rove responded, “No, you can’t.”
Rove only allowed journalists to videotape the first few minutes of his remarks. After that, the media had to turn off all cameras and tape recorders. More…
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