Geoff Duncan, the former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Georgia who is now campaigning for Kamala Harris, talked about her opportunity to bring Conservatives into the Democratic party.
Duncan was in office in 2020 when Donald Trump repeatedly lied about the election results, and he and other Georgia lawmakers stood up to the former President. This year, Duncan announced that despite policy differences, he would support Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris for President.
"This is where I believe is the best place for us to be able to hit the reset button and create a GOP 2.0," Duncan told CNN, "a party that focuses and defends on policies and uses empathy to grow the size of the tent and use a tone that invites and encourages."
The former Lieutenant Governor continued:
"I think all Republicans, for the most part, including the ones voting for Donald Trump, would agree he's not the future of the party. I think we're in this awkward spot where regardless of whether Donald Trump wins or loses, this party's got this short window of time to get it right, to start taking our own medicine."
After noting that Trump would finish his destruction of the GOP if he wins, Duncan closed:
"That could mean we could start hemorrhaging to Democrats by droves. If Kamala Harris wins and does govern towards the middle, she has a chance to grow the net total of the party if she does govern towards the middle. Not in the middle, she's a Democrat, but if she governs towards the middle like on the campaign trail and ask our opinion on certain policies she has a chance to grow the party."