By Julia Mueller - 05/16/24

Six months out from Election Day, a small handful of prominent Republicans have crossed party lines to support President Biden in his 2024 rematch against former President Trump.

The endorsements come as most Republicans have started to coalesce around Trump.

Here are notable Republicans who say they’ll back Biden over Trump in November, as well as some critics of the former president who haven’t gone as far.
Republicans backing Biden
Geoff Duncan

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan made headlines this week when he announced plans to cast his ballot for Biden while criticizing others in his party who “fall in line” with the former president.

“It’s disappointing to watch an increasing number of Republicans fall in line behind former president Donald Trump,” Duncan wrote in an op-ed published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, arguing the party’s fidelity to Trump leaves him “no choice but to pull the lever for Biden.”

Duncan pointed to Trump’s legal woes, vowing to vote for “a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass.”
Michael Steele

“I get it with some Republicans who say, ‘Oh, I just can’t vote for a Democrat.’ But this is not — you’re voting for your country. You’re not voting for a Democrat, in this case,” said former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele in March on MSNBC, where he’s a political analyst.

“I do get the idea that it is hard for some Republicans to go across the street. But baby, you need to do it,” Steele said. “The country needs you more than your party does, trust me.”

Steele also endorsed Biden back in 2020, and worked with the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project.
Adam Kinzinger

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who served on the House Jan. 6 committee, has said he’d vote for Biden over Trump “in a heartbeat” this November.

“While I don’t agree with all of Joe Biden’s policies, he’s not out to get democracy so I intend to vote for him,” Kinzinger said this week, as reported by The Guardian.