Barack Obama Writes Heartfelt Tribute to Jimmy Carter: 'Taught All Of Us What It Means to Live a Life of Grace' [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 29th, 2024, 6:21 pm


Former President Barack Obama wrote a heartfelt statement praising Jimmy Carter following the 39th president’s death at the age of 100. Carter’s death was announced by his son on Sunday afternoon after being on hospice care for over a year. The former president who served one-term in office was known his diplomatic and humanitarian work.

“For decades, you could walk into Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on some Sunday mornings and see hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews,” Obama wrote. “And standing in front of them, asking with a wink if there were any visitors that morning, would be President Jimmy Carter — preparing to teach Sunday school, just like he had done for most of his adult life.”

Obama then praised Carter for his accomplishments while serving in the White House including the Camp David Accords and the nominating Ruther Bader Ginsburg to the federal bench.

“Some who came to hear him speak were undoubtedly there because of what President Carter accomplished in his four years in the White House — the Camp David Accords he brokered that reshaped the Middle East; the work he did to diversify the federal judiciary, including nominating a pioneering women’s rights activist and lawyer named Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the federal bench; the environmental reforms he put in place, becoming one of the first leaders in the world to recognize the problem of climate change,” he added. Obama also honored Carter by mentioning the former president’s “decency” before offering his thoughts and prayers to Carter’s family.

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