Bolton Calls on Republican Party To ‘Purge the Taint of Trumpism’

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton is hopeful Republicans can recover from the damage he believes President Donald Trump’s presidency has done to the party.

MSNBC’s Katy Tur asked Bolton on Monday how Republicans can “make things right” after enabling Trump and his actions.

“There has to be a serious conversation in the Republican Party about how to remove the taint of what Trump has done, how to repair the damage,” Bolton said.

He added, “While I think the damage is considerable, I think it can be repaired, and it should be repaired. And it should be, from the purely limited perspective of the party, it should be the highest priority going forward.”

Watch his comments below:

Bolton indicated Trump’s influence “will decline significantly,” especially after his efforts to object to the Electoral College results.

He rejected the idea of blaming every Republican for Trump’s actions.

“I don’t think you can attribute Trump to everybody else. I think this is something that’s an aberration in American politics. It’s resulted in a tragedy as we saw on Wednesday,” Bolton said.

He continued, “To try and blame everybody else, I think, is simply more Washington politics. The focus here should be on the real problem, the center of the problem, and that’s Donald Trump