Geoff Duncan, a former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and a lifelong Republican, explained in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution why he could not vote for Donald Trump:
It’s disappointing to watch an increasing number of Republicans fall in line behind former president Donald Trump. This includes some of his fiercest detractors, such as U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, who raised eyebrows during a recent interview by vowing to support the “Republican ticket.”
This mentality is dead wrong.
Yes, elections are a binary choice. Yes, serious questions linger about President Biden’s ability to serve until the age of 86. His progressive policies aren’t to conservatives’ liking.
But the GOP will never rebuild until we move on from the Trump era, leaving conservative (but not angry) Republicans like me no choice but to pull the lever for Biden. At the same time, we should work to elect GOP congressional majorities to block his second-term legislative agenda and provide a check and balance.
The alternative is another term of Trump, a man who has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character. The headlines are ablaze with his hush-money trial over allegations of improper record-keeping for payments to conceal an affair with an adult-film star.
Most important, Trump fanned the flames of unfounded conspiracy theories that led to the horrific events of Jan. 6, 2021. He refuses to admit he lost the last election and has hinted he might do so again after the next one….
The healing of the Republican Party cannot begin with Trump as president (and that’s aside from the untold damage that potentially awaits our country). A forthcoming Time magazine cover story lays out in stark terms “the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world.”
Unlike Trump, I’ve belonged to the GOP my entire life. This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass.
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I think I read where only 4 of Trump’s former cabinet endorse his bid for the presidency. His takeover of the party is moving some of the GOP into the realistic view that his GOP is not the one they signed onto back in the day.
What they do not admit, however, is that the GOP made all this happen when it demonized the moderate, Obama, and produced this massive outpouring of racism and sexism that moved so many typical democrat voters into the barbershop of Republican Tea Party monocracy. What Trump has been able to achieve for the GOP is the unifying of evangelical voters (he gave them Dobbs) and redneck libertarians (I got a right to own my shotgun so I can protect myself against illegal aliens that threaten me).
I have a dear friend who has been a reliable Republican since she and Joe Biden were little. Her son is a very successful banker who helps immigrants in the city where he made a successful banking career. She cannot understand how he can behave this way (she watches Fox, of course). She does not understand that the people voting for Trump used to support her opponents. This Duncan is like my old friend and wants his GOP back. Can he even have it back?
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Two helpful articles, one on inflation from Paul Krugman in the Times and one on immigration from Catherine Rampell in the Washington Post:
If it bleeds it leads, inflation edition (nytimes.com)
Opinion | GOP immigration talking points are wrong. Border crossings are down. – The Washington Post
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I will be surprised if Traitor Trump doesn’t attack Geoff Duncan, calling him a RINO, a libtard, and anything else the toxic malignant narcissistic orange slime puddle can spew.
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Traitor!
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Well, it looks as though Trump fan girl Aileen Cannon has no intention of letting the documents case go to trial, even though Trump clearly broke the law and traitorously put our nation’s most precious secrets at extreme risk, possibly endangering intelligence sources and methods, among other extremely egregious consequences.
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