A number of prominent Georgia Republicans fought back against former president Donald Trump’s baseless claims of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election. But one of them subtly and gradually emerged as arguably the biggest advocate for his party moving away from Trump: Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan.
Even as others like Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger came around to support a controversial voting bill predicated on the distrust Trump engendered, Duncan has linked it directly to Trump’s and Rudolph Giuliani’s misinformation campaign, and at one point boycotted the debate over the bill in protest.
But on Thursday, we found out that Duncan will apparently follow the path of the vast majority of high-profile GOP Trump critics like himself: to the exits.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Greg Bluestein reports that Duncan will probably not seek reelection in 2022, instead focusing on a new “GOP 2.0” group aimed at moving the party in a different direction.
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Even as others like Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger came around to support a controversial voting bill predicated on the distrust Trump engendered, Duncan has linked it directly to Trump’s and Rudolph Giuliani’s misinformation campaign, and at one point boycotted the debate over the bill in protest.
But on Thursday, we found out that Duncan will apparently follow the path of the vast majority of high-profile GOP Trump critics like himself: to the exits.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Greg Bluestein reports that Duncan will probably not seek reelection in 2022, instead focusing on a new “GOP 2.0” group aimed at moving the party in a different direction.
Read the full story
