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Former Geoff Duncan, Governor, Republican-turned Democrat, says he will take over as president Donald Trump If he wins the election next year in the main governor of the Southeast battlefield.
Duncan condemned Trump’s announcement of his campaign on Tuesday, joining increasingly crowded areas Democratic Party Basic.
Duncan promised when launching the campaign: “I will stand in our state Trump and his men in our state while reducing the costs of childcare, health care and housing so that every Georgia family is at its best.”
Duncan is a former healthcare executive and minor league baseball player who worked in the Georgia legislature for four years before serving as a lieutenant in the 2018 election and winning elections. He decided not to seek reelection in 2022.
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Former Georgia Lieutenant Geoff Duncan fired a shot at President Donald Trump in a Fox News digital interview after Trump criticized Duncan’s party for moving from Republicans to Democrats. (Getty)
After leaving the office, Duncan is a critic of Trump’s razor on the Georgia battlefield – Thin’s repeated efforts to reverse his razor – Thin’s remarks, who defeated former President Joe Biden on the Georgia battlefield Republican Party That was damaged, but not destroyed. ”
Duncan recognized Biden in the 2024 presidential campaign, later after then-Vice President Kamala Harris replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic 2024 votes. Duncan in his highly anticipated speech Democratic National Congress Last summer in Chicago.
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Duncan, in a campaign video, clashed with Trump, saying he “never shaken Trump. So Georgia Republicans drove me out of their party. I’m leaving anyway.”
He added: “Now, I’m running for governor as a proud Democrat. Focus on what’s most important to Georgians.”
Georgia’s former Republican Governor Geoff Duncan launched a Democratic gubernatorial campaign in key countries on the Southeast battlefield on Tuesday. (Getty Image)
Duncan joins a Democratic elementary school field that already includes former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former DeKalb County CEO Mike Thurmond and former state Senator Jason Esteves.
In the Republican primary, Gov. Lieutenant Burt Jones gained Trump’s approval while fighting state Attorney General Chris Carr.
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After Duncan switched parties in August, Trump took to social media, calling him a “complete loser.”
The president accused Duncan of “never accomplish anything, all he did was complain. We no longer want him in the Republican Party, so I was told he was a Democrat. OK Chidance Jeff. You don’t even have a chance!!!”
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Asked about criticism, Duncan said in a Fox News digital interview: “I think he is defending me that the Republicans no longer want to love their neighbors. There is nothing in that tweet or truth social post, or any attitude that shows that I want to be a part of it.”
Duncan aimed at Trump, adding: “I hope he figures out how to run the country better in the next few years than it is now. But I’m honored to be a Republican, especially with him on the spear.”
