Washington:Former US National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton has said that Republican leaders need to explain to the voters that President Donald Trump has lost the 2020 presidential election to his Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
"I think it's very important for leaders in the Republican Party to explain to our voters, who are not as stupid as the Democrats think, that, in fact, Trump has lost the election and that his claims of election fraud are baseless," The Hill news website quoted Bolton, who was sacked by the President in September 2019 after 17 months in the White House, as saying on ABC News on Sunday.
"The fact is that we've seen litigation in all the key battleground states, and it has failed consistently.
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"Right now, the Trump campaign is doing the legal equivalent of pinching pennies... It's clearer and clearer there isn't any evidence," he added.
Although some prominent Republican leaders, including Senator Lindsey Graham, have backed Trump's claims that the November 3 election was a fraud, Bolton still expressed optimism in the party members.
"I think they're getting ready to do it. I've said I think this is a character test for the Republican Party. I don't buy the argument that Donald Trump has hypnotized Republican voters or that they're not capable of accepting the truth. This is a myth," he added.
Bolton's remarks come as Trump has continued to sow confusion in the post-election transition period.