Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican, is bucking his get together and endorsing President Joe Biden over Donald Trump on this yr’s election.
“This November, I’m voting for an honest individual I disagree with on coverage over a prison defendant with no ethical compass,” he wrote in an editorial within the Atlanta Journal-Structure.
Duncan wrote that the GOP can’t rebuild till it rebukes Trump, who he stated “has disqualified himself by way of his conduct and his character.” He identified that the previous president is at the moment on trial over a scheme involving hush cash funds to porn star Stormy Daniels.
“Most necessary, Trump fanned the flames of unfounded conspiracy theories that led to the horrific occasions of Jan. 6, 2021,” Duncan wrote. “He refuses to confess he misplaced the final election and has hinted he may accomplish that once more after the following one.”
He additionally had a reminder for voters involved about points equivalent to increased taxes and campus unrest over Gaza.
“I get it. Nobody likes paying increased taxes, and these protests are unsettling,” he wrote. “However the final yr of the Trump presidency was hardly a time of tranquillity.”
He blasted Trump’s “erratic” dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic, and stated the then-president “fueled racial unrest” together with his method to the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
“Trump has proven us who he’s,” Duncan wrote. “We should always consider him. To assume he’s going to vary on the age of 77 is past inconceivable.”
Duncan sparred with Trump within the aftermath of the 2020 election, refusing to endorse his conspiracy theories or participate in his efforts to overturn the consequence, drawing the then-president’s ire.
He’s remained a persistent Trump critic, final yr evaluating him to an “ax assassin” and delivering a warning to his supporters.
“I believe Republicans, like many different individuals in Donald Trump’s previous, are going to remorse ever being related to him,” Duncan stated on CNN final summer time.
Duncan had been approached by No Labels to run as a third-party candidate towards each Trump and Biden, however declined.
Learn his full editorial endorsing Biden right here.