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Georgia lieutenant governor declares independence from Trump
Independenttribune.com ^ | 9/3/21 | Jeff Amy

Posted on 09/09/2021 3:25:35 AM PDT by cotton1706

Georgia’s Republican lieutenant governor is declaring independence from Donald Trump in a new book and urging other members of the GOP to follow.

Geoff Duncan has been a target of heavy criticism from the former president and many other Republicans for his outspoken criticism of Trump’s efforts to overturn his presidential election loss. In a new book, “GOP 2.0,” he lays out his vision for a different future of the Republican Party.

The book, which comes out next week and was obtained exclusively in advance by The Associated Press, mixes Duncan’s take on what went wrong with Trump and the aftermath of the 2020 election with his ideas for how the GOP might welcome back the moderate, college-educated suburban voters who have drifted away from the party. He says he wants to be not anti-Trump, but post-Trump.

“I just wanted to have a conversation with with anybody in America that considers themselves conservative,” Duncan said in an interview before the book’s release.

Duncan never writes Trump’s name in the book, a move he said he made on purpose.

“I will not worship him,” Duncan writes. “I will not excuse his excesses. I won’t believe his lies. I won’t mimic his tone. I won’t disingenuously pander to voters he’s misinformed. And I certainly won’t mislead my constituents because he wants me to.”

(Excerpt) Read more at independenttribune.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: elections
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Oh, he's so brave and principled isn't he??!!

Except he declined to run for reelection after a single term.

Because he knows he's toast.

But he bravely wrote a book.

1 posted on 09/09/2021 3:25:35 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
The book, which comes out next week and was obtained exclusively in advance by The Associated Press

AP = Always Propaganda

2 posted on 09/09/2021 3:29:01 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

How’s he gonna do it without the 80 million Trump voters? He’s out on that limb alone with only a few others.


3 posted on 09/09/2021 3:33:33 AM PDT by moovova (Joe Biden...Making the Taliban great again!)
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To: cotton1706

GOP 2.0

4 posted on 09/09/2021 3:38:44 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. Weaker, a Jr partner good at losing wars.)
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To: cotton1706

Just another ne’er-do-well’s bash for $cash. Why don’t they all show their ugly heads at one time and get it over with. This is so ridiculous when there is so much tragedy all around the nation as well as world.


5 posted on 09/09/2021 3:39:32 AM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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To: cotton1706

Guess the publisher of the book...

Simon & Schuster.

Now owned by Bertelsmann.

More foreign interference in our elections.


6 posted on 09/09/2021 3:41:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: cotton1706

He is the exact problem the GOP has had the last 75 years. It’s what has brought our country to the current state of decay. His condescending remarks about appealing to college educated suburban supporters is so wrong and laughable. He virtually has no idea what the demographics are that supports President Trump.


7 posted on 09/09/2021 3:41:11 AM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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To: moovova

If the RINO is going to bet his future on leftist support then good luck to him. He’ll need it as they’re not too reliable as allies.


8 posted on 09/09/2021 3:41:20 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (`)
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To: mewzilla
To give folks an idea, from 1998...

German Publishing's Man in the White House

9 posted on 09/09/2021 3:42:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: cotton1706

This guy was part of the voter fraud problem. Making a book about principles when you have none……. Is so leftist.


10 posted on 09/09/2021 3:44:59 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: cotton1706

His “new vision” is the GOP continues to ignore conservatives and do the same old same old.


11 posted on 09/09/2021 3:45:56 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!interested in how to land..)
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To: cotton1706

Geoff Duncan is a dead man and he just doesn’t realize it.

There is NO REPUBLICAN PARTY WITHOUT PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP.

Geoff, do yourself a favor, register as a democrat.


12 posted on 09/09/2021 3:46:16 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: cotton1706
Duncan never writes Trump’s name in the book, a move he said he made on purpose.

So, how does he refer to President D.J. Trump?

"He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named?" - preferably in Gothic font?

Pathetic!

Regards,

13 posted on 09/09/2021 3:47:18 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: cotton1706

In a new book, “GOP 2.0,” he lays out his vision for a different future of the Republican Party.

I’m betting it’s mostly just cooperating with the Democrats.


14 posted on 09/09/2021 3:49:05 AM PDT by Nabron
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To: cotton1706

Nobody is going to read this twit’s stupid book.


15 posted on 09/09/2021 3:50:40 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Vote harder, sucker. Yeah, that's the ticket. ..)
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To: alexander_busek

My bet is he didn’t write this book. I’ll bet it was ghost written for him.


16 posted on 09/09/2021 3:50:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: cotton1706

So this is news TODAY? Didn’t that ship sail about 10 months ago?


17 posted on 09/09/2021 3:53:04 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: TTFlyer

This is money laundering for services rendered.


18 posted on 09/09/2021 3:54:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Texas Fossil

AP = America’s Pravda


19 posted on 09/09/2021 3:55:58 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: cotton1706

He’ll be speaking at the Never-Trump summit in October. (Vindman is also on the list.)

https://principlesfirstsummit.us

Speakers
This Summit brings together principled conservative thinkers and grassroots activists over two weekend days, from across the country to discuss current challenges facing conservatism and the principles that ought to define its future. The speakers lined up for this gathering will be some of the leading thinkers in the principled lane. To maintain the theme of the event, our speakers are appearing with no honorariums or reimbursement.


20 posted on 09/09/2021 4:06:50 AM PDT by maggief
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