Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor rips Trump for 'mountains of misinformation' and says President's attacks on state officials 'disgust' him while putting the Senate in jeopardy
Daily Mail
December 6, 2020
A top Republican official in Georgia on Sunday denounced President Donald Trump's attacks on the legitimacy of the vote – and warns it could hamper Republicans in their effort to maintain control of the Senate.
'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,' Georgia's Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan told CNN's 'State of the Union.' 'The mountains of misinformation are not helping the process – they're only hurting it,' he said.
His comments came after Trump's relentless attacks on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Trump called Kemp on Saturday, the Washington Post reported, urging him to have the state legislature meet to cast aside the election and send electors for Trump, in a state Joe Biden by 12,000 votes.
Asked about Trump's attacks on state officials, Duncan responded: 'Absolutely it disgusts me.'
Duncan said he was not on Trump's call to Kemp, but dismissed the idea out of hand. 'We're certainly not going to move the goalposts at this point in the election. We are going to continue to follow the letter of the law, which gives us a very clear-cut direction as to how to execute an election,' he told interviewer Jake Tapper.
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