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Trump is trashing the Republican brand

The more Republican leaders coddle Donald Trump's stolen victory delusions, the less likely he is to act as a normal president - and accept the election result for the good of his country and party.

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The Republican Party has not yet suffered permanent damage to its integrity and reputation because of President Donald Trump's post-election rampaging. This will not be true much longer.

It is simply a truism that Trump has a legal right to pursue all appropriate election-law remedies to ensure an accurate, lawful vote count. To be credible, however, any aggrieved candidate must at some point produce valid legal arguments and persuasive evidence.

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John Bolton served as national security adviser under US President Donald Trump and is the author of "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir".

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