Thursday, August 22, 2024

Republican Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan at DNC: 'I realized Trump was a direct threat to democracy.


Transcript: Good evening. I bring greetings from the great state of Georgia. So let's get the hard part out of the way. I am a Republican.

But tonight I stand here as an American, an American that cares more about the future of this country than the future of Donald Trump. My journey started to this podium years ago when 
I realized Donald Trump was willing to lie, cheat and steal to try to overturn the 2020 election.

I realized Trump was a direct threat to democracy and his actions disqualified him from ever, ever, ever stepping foot into the oval office again. ... So I'm going to focus my attention on the millions of Republicans and independents that are at home that are sick and tired of making excuses for Donald Trump. If Republicans are being intellectually honest with ourselves, our party is not civil or conservative, it's chaotic and crazy. And the only thing left to do is dump Trump. 

These days, our party acts more like a cult, a cult worshiping a felon thug.

Look, you don't have to agree with every policy position of Kamala Harris. I don't, ... Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching. If you vote for Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris in 2024 you're not a democrat,you're a patriot.

In our family, my wife Brooke and I are raising three boys and we have a family motto and it says doing the right thing will never be the wrong thing. 

During the just the lowest of lows when we had armed officers outside our house, protecting us from
other republicans (Donald Trump had targeted us.) my son came downstairs and he handed me this coaster that I'd given him years before at a father. .. And he said, hey, dad doing the right thing will never be the wrong thing. ...(read more)

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