Posted on 08/22/2024 9:35:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
(The Center Square) – Former Georgia Republican Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan took the stage on the third night of the Democratic National Convention and told his party to do the “right thing” and support Vice President Kamala Harris for president this November.
“I am a Republican, but tonight I stand here as an American,” Duncan said to a cheering crowd in Chicago. “An American that cares more about the future of this country than the future of Donald Trump.”
Duncan was not the first, nor the last, Republican to speak to the gathered Democrats over the first few days of the convention. They all had the same message: Former President Donald Trump poses a threat to America, so Republicans should vote for Harris.
“My journey started to this podium years ago when I realized that Donald Trump was willing to lie, cheat and steal to overturn the 2020 election,” Duncan said.
Soon after, he called Trump a “direct threat to democracy.”
“His actions disqualified him from ever, ever, ever stepping foot into the Oval Office again.”
From 2019 to 2023, Duncan served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Georgia under Gov. Brian Kemp. He is a political commentator at CNN, since distancing himself from the Republicans in 2020.
Duncan called 2020 the “lowest of lows” for himself and his family.
This was after Duncan pushed back against Trump’s rhetoric around the 2020 election, especially about fraud in Georgia. He said Republicans should stop making excuses for Trump.
“I’m going to focus my attention on the millions of Republicans and independents that are at home that are sick and tired of making excuses for Donald Trump,” Duncan said. “If Republicans are being intellectually honest with ourselves, our party is not civil or conservative, it’s chaotic and crazy. The only thing left to do is dump Trump.”
He added that Republicans don’t need to agree with Harris’ political positions.
“These days, our party acts more like a cult; a cult worshiping a felonious thug,” Duncan said. “Look, you don’t have to agree with every policy position of Kamala Harris. I don’t. But you do have to recognize her prosecutor mindset, that understands right from wrong, good from evil. She’s a steady hand and will bring leadership to the White House that Donald Trump could never do.”
Some called Duncan’s speech “the most powerful speech yet at the DNC.”
The social media account Republicans Against Trump responded to Duncan.
“Thank you for your courage,” it posted.
Many other Democrats joined the praise, but not all the response to the speech was positive.
“When did communism become the right thing,” one person commented.
Others called Duncan a “sellout,” “traitor,” and a political “RINO.” The acronym stands for Republican in name only.
Duncan said his message wasn’t for Democrats, but for Republicans.
“Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching," he said. "If you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, you are not a Democrat, you are a patriot.”
He called on Republicans to have the courage to step away from the party.
“To my fellow Republicans at home that want to pivot back to policy, empathy, and tone, you know the right thing to do,” Duncan said. “Now, let’s have the courage to do it in November.”
On Thursday night, Harris will wrap up the last night of the convention by officially accepting the nomination of the Democratic Party.
Male Model is a RINO HACK.
The republican party should oust him.
However a Republican may feel about Trump personally, he IS the Republican Nominee For The Upcoming Election.
Nobody likes a turncoat.
I won’t dignify him by calling him a RINO. More like a phoney and a flyspeck.
He should explain how the Soviet system that kamunist and china walz are proposing is good for America.
Georgia seems to have a problem. Sad what has become of that place.
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This duncan clown is simply the georgia version of illinois’ very own adam kinzinger. Speaking of which, why didn’t the donks invite the crybaby to speak? Perhaps he has outlived his usefulness. Just like liz cheney.
People like those two have shown what they are capable of. The RAT party used them not because they liked them, but because they were useful tools for their agenda.
Thing is Lizard and Adam never really showed any liking for the democrats party but they hated MAGA and Trump more.
The democrats do not need crybaby Adam or Dick Cheney’s daughter.
Dump the most popular R candidate since Reagan?
He’s either a DNC mole or else he’s just insane
‘Georgia seems to have a problem’
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Actually it is an Atlanta problem more than anything.
Some little Mexican........................boys?...........
I kind of figured that. Whatevah happened to Mizz Stacy?
What is wrong with Georgia?
Oh yeah, I know, Atlanta.
Him and the rest have been rinos all along.
Neither a Republican nor an American. He is a tool of the fascist deep state.
Sold his soul to the party of baby killers and satan worshippers to be a RAT enabler. He’s no f-ing Republican, that’s for sure.
They do have a lot of snakes “governing” Georgia. This guy and Raffensperger.
He’s afraid a Trump DoJ will put him in jail.
In the past he was a Lt. Governor, which is as close to a nobody as a person can get. Now he’s “former”, which means no one but a Democrat would care what he said.
He’s not a republican.
He’s a liar.
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