'It's critical' for Republican leaders to explain to voters Trump lost the election: John Bolton [View all]
Source: ABC News
John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, said Sunday that leaders of the Republican Party should explain to their voters that Trump lost the election and that his claims of fraud are baseless.
"Now the Trump campaign is doing the legal equivalent of pitching pennies," Bolton said on ABC's "This Week." "I think as every day goes by, it's clearer and clearer, there isn't any evidence."
"But if the Republican voters are only hearing Donald Trump's misrepresentations, it's not surprising that they believe it," he added. "It's critical for other Republican leaders to stand up and explain what actually happened. Donald Trump lost what -- by any evidence we have so far -- was a free and fair election."
President-elect Joe Biden is currently projected to win 306 electoral votes compared to the president's 232. Trump continues to challenge the election results in court.
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