Trump tears into 'total loser' ex-Republican who defected to Democrats in crucial swing state
The former Georgia politician penned an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday announcing he would join the Democratic Party.
From 2019 to 2023, Duncan served as the swing state 's Republican lieutenant governor alongside Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.
During the 2024 campaign, he endorsed former President Joe Biden and later endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Following his vocal opposition to Trump during the election, the Georgia Republican Party expelled Duncan from the party back in January.
After his expulsion from the state's party, the CNN contributor was told by the Georgia GOP chairman to stop using his Republican affiliation on television.
'Failed former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan, of Georgia, is a total loser,' Trump told his followers on Truth Social.
'Was never able to get anything done, all he ever did was complain, We didn't want him in the Republican Party any longer, so I'm told he became a Democrat.'
During the 2024 election, the former Georgia lieutenant governor endorsed former President Joe Biden and later former Vice President Kamala Harris
Trump added, 'Good riddance Geoff. You don't even have a chance!!!'
In August 2024, Trump referred to Duncan as a 'bum' while demanding the state's GOP throw him out of the party.
Trump's feud with the Georgia GOP politician dates back to the 2020 presidential election, when Trump claimed the state's election was rigged after losing to Biden.
Trump would go on to win the key swing state by over two percentage points in the 2024 election.
'There's no date on a calendar or line in the sand that points to the exact moment in time my political heart changed, but it has,' Duncan wrote in Tuesday's op-ed.
'My decision was centered around my daily struggle to love my neighbor, as a Republican.'
Duncan cited Trump's response to losing the 2020 election, along with the January 6th Capitol riot, as reasoning for leaving the party.
Moreover, Duncan called out the Trump administration for its immigration policies that 'have turned into a lesson on how not to love your neighbor.'
The former Republican also claimed that Trump's recently passed 'Big Beautiful Bill' would destroy Medicaid by leaving it 'in shambles.'
Duncan slammed the bill for cutting funds to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, arguing it would negatively impact efforts to prevent child hunger in schools.
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