Jimmy Carter: the Sunday-school president
Poor old Jimmy Carter. The most decent man ever to be President of the United States, yet with an irrevocable air of haplessness. His admirers, quite rightly — and with an earnestness that emulates their hero — celebrate his four-decade-long post-presidential career, during which time he has won a Nobel prize for his work in bringing warring parties together and almost totally eliminated Guinea worms.
Jimmy Carter, R.I.P.
Jimmy Carter’s best line was the opener of his speech accepting the nomination of the 1976 Democratic convention at Madison Square Garden. He had been running the first of the modern all-time campaigns, taking himself as an obscure southern governor to every hamlet and crossroads in early caucus and primary states, always beginning his pitches with the same simple introduction. At the convention, after his intraparty triumph and with the prospect of a blue election year ahead of him, he repeated it: “I’m Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president.”
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Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, a long-serving Republican who was once floated as a potential Supreme Court justice by former President Donald Trump, fell for an obvious online hoax on Tuesday.
On X, Lee posted an image of a fake letter purporting to be from the Office of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, announcing the ex-president's death.
One look at the letter's contents, however, would have immediately indicated that it was fake.
Jimmy Carter's office is forced to deny reports he's dead after hoax spreads... and a staggering number of people including a U.S. Senator fell for it
A letter posted on X claiming former President Jimmy Carter died is fake.
Far-right personality Laura Loomer posted an image of a letter announcing the 99-year-old died on Tuesday and it quickly spread like wildfire on social media.
Even Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) fell for the ruse – along with several media outlets.
But the Carter Center and the former president's doctor confirmed that reports of Carter's death are not true and his status, though poor, remains unchanged.
July 23 Letter Announcing Jimmy Carter’s Death Is Fake
An image shared on X claims to show a letter from former President Jimmy Carter’s office announcing his death. The letter is fake, according to the Carter Center. It appears that the original post lists it as a joke. Social media users are posting a letter, claiming that Carter is dead at the age of 99. One user wrote, “Jimmy Carter passed away at 99. Is it just me that thinks this guy died like 10 times already?” This letter is fake. There has been no official announcement on the...
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The former president, 99, attended a hometown service with family and friends on Wednesday before Rosalynn's burial at their longtime residence Former President Jimmy Carter made a second appearance outside his home this week to mourn his late wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter . On Wednesday Jimmy, 99, attended an intimate funeral service in Plains, Georgia, limited to family and close friends. Jimmy wore a red lei, an apparent nod to the cherished time he and Rosalynn spent in Hawaii when Jimmy was in the Navy. Hosted by Maranatha...