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Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican, criticized his own party and its love for former President Donald Trump, calling him a “direct threat to democracy” in his speech Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Duncan, a frequent Trump critic since the then-president tried to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election count — declared that the Republican nominee’s actions disqualified him from “ever, ever, ever stepping foot into the Oval Office again.

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“If Republicans are being intellectually honest with ourselves, our party is not civil or conservative. It’s chaotic and crazy. And the only thing left to do is dump Trump,” said Duncan, a CNN political commentator who has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 race.

Duncan, who likened the GOP to working “more like a cult worshipping a felonious thug,” noted that his attention was focused on Republicans and independents at home who are “sick and tired of making excuses” for Trump.

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He acknowledged that he doesn’t agree with every one of Harris’ policy positions but praised the former California attorney general’s “prosecutor mindset” along with her potential as a leader in the White House.

“Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching: If you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, you’re not a Democrat, you’re a patriot,” said Duncan before the Chicago crowd erupted in a “USA” chant.

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