Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) broke down on Thursday why he isn’t cool with a “flawed candidate who tried to usurp democracy” in former President Donald Trump.
“He was a faux Republican for the primary 4 years, and he’d be a harmful faux Republican the subsequent 4 years,” Duncan mentioned.
The CNN political commentator, who mentioned there’s not a single coverage that will trigger him to “mild this nation on fireplace,” responded to GOP strategist Joe Pinion pointing to a guidelines of what he believes is “essential for America to outlive,” which included border safety and the financial system.
“I listened to the dying threats come into my household, I watched guards exterior my home, exterior my workplace all as a result of I used to be a Republican, and I wouldn’t lie like Donald Trump did concerning the election being rigged,” mentioned Duncan as he recalled the aftermath of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.
Duncan — who has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race — credited Pinion for elevating “absolute points” on the CNN panel relating to the border, inflation and international coverage.
He mentioned he wished they might speak on these “essential” matters however pointed to Trump attempting to “faux his means again into the entrance door.”
Pinion advised Duncan that what occurred to his household shouldn’t occur to anybody within the U.S. earlier than the previous GOP official interjected.
“And it might be solved in a single second if Donald Trump picked up a microphone, as a substitute of calling names, if he despatched out a press launch and mentioned, ‘Cease, don’t do it on my behalf or beneath my identify,’” Duncan mentioned.
“He’s had 4 years to do it, and he hasn’t completed it as soon as.”
