ATLANTA โ Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has been expelled from the Georgia Republican Celebration for endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president extreme past.
โBy his pattern of conduct, Duncan has forfeited any claim to being even a nominal โRepublican,โ โ the condition GOPโs government committee wrote in a solution its participants handed unanimously on Monday.
Time the solution doesnโt point out it, Duncan first went into disfavor with Georgia Republicans through refusing to help former President Donald Trumpโs efforts to tumble the result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. President Joe Biden was the primary Democratic presidential nominee to hold the Peach Order since Invoice Clinton in 1992.
Therefore, Duncan counseled Bidenโs reelection bid, after supported Harris when Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.
Towards that finish, he made diverse speeches in the name of the Harris marketing campaign and served as a political commentator on CNN all the way through the months eminent as much as the November election.
The solution additionally accused Duncan of operating in opposition to the candidacies of Republicans Burt Jones for lieutenant governor and Herschel Walker for the U.S. Senate. Jones was once elected lieutenant governor in 2022, generation Walker misplaced to incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Duncan replied Monday on social media, announcing Georgia Republicans will have to have extra impressive issues.
โHard to believe this is a good use of time for a party thatโs only got a limited amount of time to figure out mass deportations, world peace and global tariffs,โ he wrote. โLearn how to take a victory lap not light another dumpster fire.โ
The solution prohibits Duncan from qualifying to run in time races as a Republican. It additionally bans him from โall property owned or leased by the Georgia Republican Party and all events held by or under the authority of the Georgia Republican Party.โ
Then serving 3 phrases within the condition Area of Representatives, Duncan was once elected lieutenant governor in 2018. He opted to not search a 2nd time period in 2022.
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