Geoff Duncan, the former GOP Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, has opened up about his deep-seated emotions upon learning about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. Duncan, who is scheduled to testify before a jury later this month, shared his perspective during an interview with CNN’s The Source on Monday.
In a candid conversation with host Kaitlan Collins, Duncan expressed a mixture of emotions, predominantly embarrassment, upon realizing the extent of Trump’s attempts to contest the election outcome. He likened his role during that time to “having a Dixie cup bailing water out of a boat,” as he tried to salvage the integrity of the Republican Party while navigating Trump’s insistence on overturning the election results in his favor.
Duncan conveyed his astonishment at the level of coordination behind these efforts while highlighting their often glaringly sloppy execution. He indicated that these aspects would likely be central themes in various state and federal indictments related to the matter. Duncan emphasized that those involved would ultimately be held accountable for their hasty and seemingly improvisational actions aimed at undermining democratic processes.
When Collins played the widely circulated audio clip of Donald Trump pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to reverse the election outcome, Duncan responded by referring to Trump’s attempts as “dangerous and pathetic,” echoing the sentiments of many who found such tactics deeply troubling.
Recalling his initial reaction to hearing the audio tape, Duncan admitted that he was overwhelmed with a “sea of emotions,” most prominently, embarrassment. He noted that the consequences of these actions extended beyond the presidential race, affecting subsequent contests, such as the runoff for two U.S. Senate seats that Trump’s involvement allegedly contributed to the Republican Party losing.
Duncan acknowledged the challenges that lay ahead for the Republican Party and the nation as a whole. He stressed the importance of acknowledging the mistakes made and taking corrective action. He also predicted that many individuals who had once been associated with Donald Trump, including Republicans, would eventually regret their ties to his controversial actions.
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Great pic! It looks like Geoff Duncan is wearing a yarmulke!
Yes he looks quite pathetic. Even more so ywn
You have to be a fool or a democrat to say Trump did anything wrong in that phone call. Trump even says himself “we won the state” so if in the next sentence he says find the 11000 votes he’s obviously talking about those votes the democrats obtained fraudulently.
I don’t buy that Biden got 80 million.
It doesn’t make sense
So the Democrats didn’t collude with Twitter and the media?
I don’t blame Trump for being suspicious about the results of the election. When there were districts in the country that had more votes than registered voters, ballot harvesting where they conveniently dispose of Republican votes, and last minute surges of votes for Biden, all this without any real investigation, how should he respond?
Since most of Trump’s supporters (about a third of the Republican base) think the election was stolen, and most think there was at least some “hanky-panky” involving absentee ballots, it might make more sense for Republican critics to say that while there was “smoke” (e.g. radical differences in how absentees votes compared to in person voting, usually a sign of fraud), on close examination if appears the Republicans did a poor “ground game” in getting out the vote under the Covid19 conditions (which Trump, as President, was in part responsible for). Republicans can’t win by attacking each other. Insulting Trump (or Trump’s Republican opponents) does not result in winning the general election.