Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) said Sunday that he is worried President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump floats a Doug Collins run against Kemp for Georgia governor Defiant Trump insists election was 'rigged' at rally for Georgia Senate Republicans Trump offers condolences to family, friends of Loeffler campaign staffer who died MORE’s continued claims to have won an election he lost will hurt the state’s Senate GOP candidates in their Jan. 5 runoff by making GOP voters less likely to turn up at the polls
Duncan told CNN’s “State of the Union” that it was “encouraging to listen to the president champion the conservative strategies” of the senators at his Georgia rally. But the lieutenant governor said Trump’s messaging about the election being “rigged” was “concerning to me.”
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“I worry that this continues you know fanning of the flames around misinformation puts us in a negative position with regards to the Jan. 5 runoff,” he said. “The mountains of misinformation are not helping the process – they’re only hurting it.”
“I worry that we’re handing off a playbook to the Democrats for Jan. 5, and certainly I can't think of a worse playbook to hand off over the last you know four to five weeks,” he continued.
When Tapper asked if the president’s continued attacks against Georgia GOP officials upset him, Duncan, who supported Trump in the election, answered, “Absolutely it disgusts me.”
“It’s not American,” he said. “It’s not what democracy’s all about.”
“The troubling part to this is I think short-term this chaos creates some doubt around Jan. 5, and are we gonna get enough Republicans to show up to vote?” Duncan asked.
Several Georgia Republicans who backed Trump in the presidential race are now facing backlash from the president for not supporting his unsubstantiated claims that widespread voter fraud cheated him of a victor in the state.
Georgia officials have conducted recounts that have not changed the results showing Biden defeated Trump in Georgia, but this has not put an end to Trump's claims.
The Georgia Senate runoff races will determine which party has control of the U.S. Senate. Sen. David Perdue
David PerdueTrump asked Georgia governor to persuade state legislature to overturn Biden victory in state: report Appeals court rejects effort to block Biden's win in Georgia Liberal group running Grinch-themed ads targeting Loeffler, Perdue MORE (R-Ga.) will face Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff, while Sen. Kelly Loeffler
Kelly LoefflerTrump floats a Doug Collins run against Kemp for Georgia governor Defiant Trump insists election was 'rigged' at rally for Georgia Senate Republicans Trump offers condolences to family, friends of Loeffler campaign staffer who died MORE (R-Ga.) will go against Democratic Rev. Raphael Warnock.
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