Georgia’s former lieutenant governor is calling on Republicans to join him and “pull the lever for Biden” this November.

A Republican politician who declined to run for reelection last year, Geoff Duncan said in an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday, “I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass.”

What You Need To Know

  • Georgia's former lieutenant governor is calling on Republicans to "move on from the Trump era" and "pull the lever for Biden"

  • Republican Geoff Duncan said Monday, "I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass"

  • Duncan said Trump "has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character" in an op-ed for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  • Duncan said conservative Republicans should work to elect GOP congressional majorities to block Biden's second-term legislative agenda

His essay appeared as former President Donald Trump stands trial on criminal charges for alleged payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump is the presumptive nominee for the GOP ticket and, in a new CNN survey Duncan cited, his presidency is viewed more favorably than Biden’s.

Duncan acknowledged that “serious questions linger about President Biden’s ability to serve until the age of 86” and that “his progressive policies aren’t to conservatives’ liking,” but said he had no choice but to vote Democrat.

Duncan said in the op-ed that Trump “has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character,” not only for alleged hush money payments but for having “fanned the flames of unfounded conspiracy theories” that led to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

He called Trump’s fake elector plan to stay in office “cockamamie,” leading only to defamation lawsuits and indictments in multiple states, including Georgia.

Even though he intends to vote for Biden, Duncan said conservative Republicans like him “should work to elect GOP congressional majorities to block his second-term legislative agenda and provide a check and balance.”