Betraying all your core values and principles is seemingly spreading through the Republican Party like it’s the newest strain of COVID, as Georgia’s former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan is now a Democrat. Strangely, Duncan grew up in a heavily Repubican home nestled way in the deep south in the very red Forsyth County.
Maybe he’s having his teenage rebellion phase a touch late? Could be that his testosterone hasn’t hit either, which is why he’s further emasculating himself by joining the Democrats.
“That was the lens I looked through,” Duncan said during an interview with WABE’s “Morning Edition,” just a few hours after making his big announcement.
“As I got elected starting in 2013 as a state representative, and then as lieutenant governor, it just became so hard at times to try to figure out the right way to do the right thing, as a Republican,” Duncan continued. “Politics is not easy for any party. But for me, it was just a series of events. Starting with how Republicans treated guns. Every time we had a gun conversation, it was kind of: neglect what the masses want. And that’s some sort of gun control.”
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Duncan made the announcement in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece, where he writes: “Loving my neighbor is easier now.”
Rather than doing the necessary work to find the balance in his previously held worldview, he went to the other extreme. Sounds like a raging case of intellectual and spiritual laziness.
He writes that his journey to becoming a Democrat started well before President Donald Trump falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged in Georgia. While in office, he tells WABE he witnessed the “shallowness” of policies at the state and federal level, and says much of the process of passing legislation was all about winning the next election.
When he slammed Trump and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in 2024, that swiftly ostracized Duncan from the Georgia GOP. He says life immediately after being kicked out of the Georgia GOP was turbulent.
“You know, there was a lot of folks that used to wave at us driving down the street, neighbors and friends, who stopped waving, but to the flip side, there’s a lot more that started opening up their eyes and talking to us and cheering us on,” he went on to say.
People today just want to take the path of least resistance instead of investing their time, talent, and yes, money, into fixing the institutions they belong to. It’s easier to hop from one group to another as your beliefs change rather than fight to improve the place you’re at.
Duncan knows he’s going to get pushback from some of his Republican friends, but hopes it’s friendly. As far as pushback from Democrats, he tells WABE that so far, he’s been welcomed with open arms, and that he learned the value of working across the aisle during his time in office.
During the interview, Duncan was asked if he was going to run for any public office as a newly minted Democrat.
“I have been receiving phone calls and conversations and cups of coffee from Democrats, independents and even some common sense Republicans who are sick and tired of watching not only the direction of this party, but this country — encouraging me to look into seeking higher office. And it’s something I’ll seriously consider,” Duncan said.
He concluded, “If Georgia wants to elect somebody that wants to come into the office every day and make a difference, build consensus and turn chaos into conversations, then it’s something I’ll certainly entertain.”
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