{"id":2387483,"date":"2025-01-07T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ga-lieutenant-governor-expelled-from-gop-after-breaking-with-republicans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:10:41","slug":"former-ga-lieutenant-governor-expelled-from-gop-after-breaking-with-republicans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ga-lieutenant-governor-expelled-from-gop-after-breaking-with-republicans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former GA lieutenant governor expelled from GOP after breaking with Republicans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-ga-lieutenant-governor-expelled-from-gop-after-breaking-with-republicans-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387483&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Geoff \u2064Duncan,\u2062 the former lieutenant governor of Georgia, has been expelled from the Georgia Republican Party. \u2062This decision comes after the party&#8217;s Executive committee\u200c criticized him for his vocal opposition to\u2064 GOP candidates, his\u2063 flirtation with launching a third<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-party presidential bid<\/a>, and his support for Democratic campaigns.The resolution \u2063includes \u2062a ban on Duncan from all properties and events associated with the\u2062 party. In response, Duncan expressed \u2062disbelief at the party&#8217;s actions, suggesting that the GOP should focus on notable issues rather than internal disputes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former GA lieutenant governor expelled from GOP after breaking with Republicans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1916455\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Georgia<\/a> Republican Party expelled Geoff Duncan, the Peach State&rsquo;s former lieutenant governor and an outspoken critic of President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, from the party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Turmoil among Georgia Republicans boiled over on Monday when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Executive Committee voted Duncan out, citing his outspoken opposition to GOP political candidates at the state and national levels, his flirting last fall with a third-party presidential bid, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2993438\/former-georgia-republican-lieutenant-governor-backs-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">support<\/a> of Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s and President Joe Biden&rsquo;s Democratic presidential campaigns, and an alleged pattern of &ldquo;false and exaggerated claims, including that he graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Geoff Duncan is hereby banned from all property owned or leased by the Georgia Republican Party and all events held by or under the authority of the Georgia Republican Party,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/gagop\/duncanremoved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">resolution<\/a> from the Georgia Republican Party read.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Duncan slammed Josh McKoon, the chairman of the Georgia Republican&nbsp;Party, for expelling him from the GOP in a statement Monday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hard to believe this is a good use of time for a party that&rsquo;s only got a limited amount of time to figure out mass deportations, world peace and global tariffs. Learn how to take a victory lap &mdash; not light another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extremists-in-portland-attack-police-officers-vandalize-businesses-set-fires\/\" title=\"Extremists In Portland Attack Police Officers, Vandalize Businesses, Set Fires\">dumpster fire<\/a>,&rdquo; the former lieutenant governor said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hard to believe this is a good use of time for a party that&rsquo;s only got a limited amount of time to figure out mass deportations, world peace and global tariffs. Learn how to take a victory lap not light another dumpster fire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshMcKoon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshMcKoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEBFdBRiUz\">https:\/\/t.co\/PEBFdBRiUz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geoff Duncan (@GeoffDuncanGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeoffDuncanGA\/status\/1876393646439719034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A one-time minor league baseball player, Duncan spent three terms in the Georgia state House before serving as the Peach State&rsquo;s lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his tenure as the lieutenant governor, Duncan attracted attention for making moves that often put him at odds with his party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He publicly criticized GOP candidate Herschel Walker&rsquo;s 2022&nbsp;Senate bid, saying he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t &ldquo;respect&rdquo; him. Duncan revealed he had refused to vote for Walker or Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) following the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I showed up to vote this morning. I was one of those folks who got in line and spent about an hour waiting, and it was the most disappointing ballot I&rsquo;ve ever stared at in my entire life since I started voting,&rdquo; Duncan said during a CNN interview. &ldquo;I had two candidates that I just couldn&rsquo;t find anything that made sense for me to put my vote behind, and so I walked out of that ballot box showing up to vote but not voting for either one of them.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Duncan also refused to endorse Burt Jones, the Republican nominee to succeed him as lieutenant governor, citing his support for Trump after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> said the 2020 election was stolen from him in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>The move launched a feud between the two men, with Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/burtjonesforga\/status\/1818731352365449499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">saying<\/a> in July 2024, &ldquo;He was a minor leaguer then; he is a minor leaguer now. Everything [Duncan] does is amateur hour.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, Duncan is best known for his fiery opposition to Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The now-expelled Georgia Republican has accused Trump of inciting the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, ridiculed him over the New York hush money indictment, and blasted the president-elect for questioning Biden&rsquo;s win in the Peach State during the 2020 elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Duncan even contemplated mounting a third-party challenge to Trump as a No Labels candidate last year before withdrawing his name from consideration in March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He subsequently backed Biden over Trump for the presidency during the 2024 presidential election. When Biden dropped out of the race in July, Duncan switched his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3121700\/former-georgia-gop-leader-citizens-it-doesnt-mean-youre-democrat-vote-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> support<\/a> to Harris and endorsed her at the Democratic National Convention in August.<\/p>\n<p>McKoon told him to &ldquo;cease referring to yourself as a Republican,&rdquo; saying, &ldquo;Geoff Duncan clearly decided to join with the Democratic Party, and particularly extreme elements of the Democratic Party,&rdquo; in comments to Channel 2 Action News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1916455\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1916455\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former GA lieutenant governor expelled from GOP for dissent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2387484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/duncan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23554,40657,6203,48079,32076],"class_list":["post-2387483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-expulsion","tag-ga","tag-gop","tag-lieutenant-governor","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/duncan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387487,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387483\/revisions\/2387487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}