Georgia's Republican ex-lieutenant governor sparred with a former spokesperson for the Republican National Committee on CNN on Wednesday night, as the former flatly rejected that Trump did "anything good" while in the White House — citing Jan. 6 and even "death threats" against his family.
Geoff Duncan joined a panel on "NewsNight" with anchor Abby Phillip, who played a clip of former President Donald Trump repeating the "Big Lie" that he actually won the 2020 election and noted that his support for a GOP-led government shutdown is at odds with what's best for down-ballot candidates in his party.
Responding to Phillip, Duncan blasted Trump for "sabotaging policy" and said that the U.S. appears to be at the "epitome of stupidity again" over the government funding bill.
"It infuriates me to watch us get to this spot," he said, noting that the government has already budgeted for the money, but doesn't want to cut a check.
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"If we do that at home, we ultimately go to jail, or get evicted or lose your car or your wife leaves you," he said.
Later in the discussion, fellow republican Madison Gesiotto suggested Americans are frustrated that the federal government is spending money it doesn't have, hence its low approval rating.
As of this month, the national debt was approximately $35 trillion.
Duncan responded asking the panel to imagine how a different candidate other than Trump would handle the funding bill. He suggested such a candidate would inject "better ideas" and "teamwork."
"And that's really what this whole play is about, is trying to get rid of Donald Trump out of the Republican Party," he said, adding that the party would "problem solve" and work with lawmakers across the aisle.
The dig against his own party earned a question from Gesiotto, who immediately replied, "And you don't think he did a good job at anything as president on that front?"
Duncan swatted away the notion.
"Uh, no," he said, deliberately over-enunciating, earning an eye-roll from Gesiotto. As the panel begins to talk over each other, Duncan continues to jab Gesiotto. "I've got a fogged memory at this point. Jan. 6. Death threats against my family. $8 trillion worth of debt. Yeah, there's a few things that cloud my memory."
As the two launched into a back-and-forth, talking over each other as they go, Duncan asserted that in his opinion, the economy is better in 2024 than it was under Trump, even with higher grocery bills.
"At the end of the day, we're being disingenuous as Republicans acting like Donald Trump got this right," said Duncan. "He's not God, he's a loser."
Watch the clip below or at this link.