Former Georgia GOP leader tells citizens it ‘doesn’t mean you’re Democrat’ to vote for Kamala Harris

Former GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has continued to nudge Republicans into supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, recently appealing to their party loyalty in saying it won’t make them a Democrat if they vote for her.

Duncan released an op-ed in May stating he was voting for President Joe Biden.

“I think it’s important to reinforce the fact to Republicans around the country that just because you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, doesn’t mean you’re Democrat,” Duncan told CNN anchor Jim Acosta.

“It just means you’re a patriot,” Duncan continued. “You’re doing your duty as an American to step up to the plate and reclaim this country’s future.”

Duncan was a major figure as former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. “The mountains of misinformation are not helping the process; they are only hurting it,” he told CNN in December 2020. “I voted for President Trump. I campaigned for him. And, unfortunately, he did not win the state of Georgia.”

He also said this week he believes “the 10% in the middle that are gonna determine this election are all types of makes and models.”

“There’s some lifelong Republicans like me that are extremely conservative, but just have seen Donald Trump act in ways that should never be rewarded with another job called ‘president,’ and some folks that are just moderates and everything in between,” Duncan added.

Duncan is a key figure among Republican support for Harris, which also includes former Republican Govs. Jim Edgar of Illinois, Bill Weld of Massachusetts, and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey.

Harris’s campaign launched “Republicans for Harris” earlier this month in an effort to draw some conservative votes away from the GOP. The “campaign within a campaign” mostly aims at voters who refused to vote for Trump in the primaries, instead backing former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Haley stated she will vote for Trump.

“Republicans for Harris” recently held an online rally in which speakers mostly blasted Trump but said they don’t necessarily agree with Harris’s policies either.