As the midterms are approaching, Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan of Georgia believes that his party, the GOP, is at crossroads. He says that 2022 is the time for Republican voters to choose between their belief in unproven election fraud conspiracy theories and moving ahead with new leadership that will take the GOP to a better place.
Duncan, who is a self-described lifelong conservative, told Yahoo News that they were either going to “placate and play populism one on one” or they were going to put “genuine leadership on display.” He did not believe that the loudest Republican voices were the most influential ones.
He said that he did not think that Tucker Carlson who is a Fox News host or Ted Cruz who is a Republican Senator from Texas were the leaders of the GOP. He said that their “tone alone” would take the party in the wrong direction.
He also said, “It’s time to turn the page. It’s time to move on.”
Geoff Duncan is the second-in-command in Georgia after Governor Brian Kemp. He earned Trump’s ire as he refused to align his views to Trump’s claims of election fraud. The former president called Duncan “corrupt” and said that he was “too dumb to recognize voter fraud” and also called for his replacement.
Duncan wants to rebrand the Republican Party. He is focusing on building GOP 2.0 which could be an advocacy organization. He said that it would put policy above politics. He said that he believed in “the conservative principles from start to finish.” However, he didn’t think that he had to be angry.
Geoff Duncan will sit out the current elections in the Peach State as he is looking to connect with Americans all over the country with a new book as well as speeches and media events. His boss Brian Kemp will face Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock. He will also face a primary challenge as former Republican Senator David Purdue has received an endorsement from Trump as he earlier said that he would not have certified the election result in Georgia, in favor of Biden.
Geoff Duncan concluded the interview with Yahoo News on an optimistic note. He said that people on both sides of the aisle believed that America’s best days were behind them. He disagreed and said that it was untrue and that “Our best days are in front of us. We’re going to be the proving ground for who is right.”
