A powerful Georgia Republican on Monday urged GOP voters in his state to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris instead of his own party's nominee.
Geoff Duncan, the state's former lieutenant governor, delivered a blow to Donald Trump's campaign days after the former president unleashed what the Washington Post described as a "fusillade of personal and sometimes false attacks" against Gov. Brian Kemp.
The blow came in the form of an Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial urging Republicans to "purge Trumpism."
"Our party revolves less around convictions and governing policies and more toward a cult of personality," writes Duncan.
"At the very least, four years under Harris will provide the GOP time to put the pieces back together without Trump and hopefully give this lifelong Republican a chance to help rebuild the party I’ve always called home."
Duncan slammed Trump for his repeated attacks on Kemp which he argued worked against the greater good of the Republican party.
"Politics should be about attracting more voters, not fewer — to win an election," Duncan wrote. "But more importantly, to win the hearts and minds of a governing majority."
Duncan admitted his concerns extend beyond the success of his own political party and raises the specter of what a second Trump administration would entail.
"The outcome of saddling up for another four years with Trump is preordained to be cloaked in chaos, anger and vitriol, the same unproductive position as when he disgracefully left office last time," Duncan wrote. "Trump’s obsession with power fuels head-scratching disappointments at unexplainable times and places."
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The Georgia GOP member ultimately urged Harris to court Republicans in his state.
"My hope is that Harris will continue to extend an olive branch to those looking for a new home in November," he wrote. "Time will tell if that works out."
Duncan's editorial quickly spread across social media after it was shared by George Conway, the outspoken co-founder of the Republican anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project.
Republicans weighed in on his remarks.
