'I want America to win': Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan gives message in wake of Trump's victory

Georgia’s former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan called on his fellow conservatives to cast aside Donald Trump at the DNC on Wednesday.
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan was one of President-elect Donald Trump’s harshest critics. So much so that his views alienated him from his own Republican party.

Since then, he’s been on a mission to heal the Republican party, in Georgia and nationwide, with an advocacy organization called GOP 2.0.

Now that Trump has won a second turn in the White House, Duncan tells WABE’s “Morning Edition” that he hopes Trump does not fall back on the grievance-filled profile that brought him through the first four years and deeply divided Republicans, especially the Georgia GOP.