Jimmy Carter’s National Cathedral funeral is expected to be attended by 5 living presidents
A tribute to the late President-elect John Carter during his term as a U.S. Representative of the House Select Committee on the Environment and Public Works
Prolman is standing outside the Capitol holding up a handwritten Carter for President poster that she made over 50 years ago. The small hand-drawn peanuts were a nod to his time as a peanut farmer.
The public was able to honor the former president. Carter’s supporters were standing in line outside of the Capitol applauding their long career in public life.
In remarks after Carter’s death, Biden called the late president a “dear friend” and praised his character, highlighting Carter’s record as president and his more than four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.
It’s inappropriate for anyone to speak about the Panama Canal right now, said Trump. It is a bad part of the Carter legacy.
“He was a good man. I knew him a little bit, and he was a very fine person, but that was a big mistake,” Trump added. On Wednesday evening, the president-elect and his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, paid their respects to Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this week. Trump told reporters he met with the Carter family earlier in the day.
“He’s a good man and high moral values,” Bruce Meredith, Washington D.C. resident said as he got in line. He was a public servant. He gave all he had to this country. That’s why I like him so much.
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Susan Prolman was just 11 years old when Carter ran for president, but she recalled fondly how he stayed in her family’s home in New Hampshire during the 1976 primary.
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