Trump: 'Stupid' for Jindal to warn GOP to 'stop being the stupid party'

Real estate mogul Donald Trump ripped into GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal (La.) Monday over his suggestion that Republicans needed to "stop being the stupid party" if they hoped to rebound in the next election cycle.

"He was stupid for using that term," Trump told "Fox and Friends." "Because that term is so obnoxious, and so good for the other side, he should not have used that term. That term is going to be living now for a long time, and they're going to have his face on television using it."

Trump, himself a frequent friendly critic of the Republican Party, said he objected not to the warning that Jindal issued, but rather the words he used.

"Look, I speak ill of their negotiating abilities, I speak ill of certain things they make mistakes, but I want to tell you, I thought that term, used by the governor, was a disgrace and he shouldn't have used it," Trump said. "I thought it was very demeaning to the Republican Party."

Trump added that "'stupid' is now going to be part of the vocabulary for Democrats" and said he believed Jindal had made a "horrible" mistake.

Jindal's comments came last month during a meeting of the Republican National Committee.

“We’ve got to stop being the stupid party. It’s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults,” Jindal said. “We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. I’m here to say we’ve had enough of that.”

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