Georgia Lieutenant. Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan is a Republican who speaks on the floor at the State Senate. AP Photo/John Bazemore
GOP Lt. Governor A new book reveals that Duncan is still upset by attempts to reverse the presidential election results.
Duncan was highly critical of Trump's election fraud claims.
To make the party more inclusive, the lieutenant governor will be focusing on a "GOP2.0" movement.
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Republican Lt. Governor. Geoff Duncan, a Republican Lt. Governor from Georgia, backed the validity and legitimacy of the 2020 presidential elections when many members were making unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud. He said that he was still angry at GOP lawmakers who tried to invalidate the votes of their constituents.
Duncan was a rising star in state politics, when he was first elected to office in 2018. Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger have been staunch opponents of the former President Donald Trump’s crusade against Georgia's election results. This result saw the incumbent lose the state to Joe Biden last autumn.
The newly released book "GOP 2.0" by the lieutenant governor presents a case for a more inclusive and independent party. He also stresses the effects of Republican mistrust in voting system, which he claims led to the loss of two GOP Senate seat previously held by Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the January runoff elections.
Duncan refers to Bob Dole (former US Senator) who said that the World War II veteran kept a notecard containing the 10th Amendment in his pocket.
"The amendment states: "The powers that are not delegated by the Constitution to the United States nor prohibited by it for the States to the States are reserved to the States respective, or to people."
The lieutenant governor stated that elections are directly under the power granted by the amendment. He was also upset that Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, supported by Trump and 17 GOP attorneys general and more than 100 GOP members, sued Georgia and Pennsylvania over their election laws.
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Duncan was critical of the support Perdue, Loeffler and seven GOP members from Georgia, as well as 28 GOP state legislators, gave to the lawsuits.
"They wanted to invalidate the votes of their constituents and take away their state's sovereignty!" He wrote.
Duncan stated that he believed the fight against Biden's victory was over and states' rights were protected, but he was wrong.
He wrote that seven Republican senators and 138 House representatives continued to fan the flames for misinformation and attack the principle of states’ rights by objecting at the Electoral College vote on January 6, 2021. They overtly claimed principle, but secretly took sledgehammers and smashed into the pillars of democracy. Some pointed out the doubts that existed among the public.
He said: "Hearing this, I almost shouted into TV: 'You created doubt in the first instance!'
The lieutenant governor continued to explain to the audience how GOP lawmakers were able to raise money to reverse the election. He said it was due to deceit.
He wrote, "These elected leaders continued to propagate lies and baseless doubt." "Several US Senators sent fundraising requests to Georgians promising to fight fraud from afar if Georgians would just send $10, $50, $100 or more. The senators and representatives in this group voted to disqualify more than 10,000,000 ballots legally cast by Americans citizens in elections fair run by sovereign states exercising their Tenth Amendment responsibilities.
He said: "Outsiders and unfortunately Georgia officials also tried to deceive me nearly 11 million statewide constituants, take their money and scrap their votes. It was not my idea. "I am still furious."
Duncan declared earlier this year that his intention was to not run for reelection in 2020 and instead would focus on the GOP 2.0 independent movement, which will broaden the Republican coalition.
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