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AND OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. JENNIFER TRIBUTES ARE POURING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING POLITICIANS IN THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION. SENATOR ED MARKEY POSTED THIS PHOTO WITH FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ON X SAYING, QUOTE, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER LED WITH COMPASSION, INTEGRITY AND A HEROIC DETERMINATION TO LIFT HUMANITY’S SPIRIT. HE WENT ON TO SAY, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR BEING CONSCIOUS, CARETAKER AND COMMANDER FOR THE U.S. AND OUR WORLD. SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, POSTING THIS ON X, SAYING, QUOTE, JIMMY CARTER WAS A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT AND PEACEKEEPER PEACEMAKER. OUR COUNTRY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF HIM. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND DEMOCRATIC WHIP KATHERINE CLARK RELEASING THIS STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, PRESIDENT CARTER’S SERVICE OF COMPASSION AND HUMILITY LEAVES A LEGACY THAT WILL BE ADMIRED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AS WE COME TOGETHER AS A GRATEFUL NATION TO MOURN AND HONOR PRESIDENT CARTER, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE ENTIRE CARTER FAMILY. WE SPOKE TO POLITICAL EXPERT TOM WHALEN ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LEGACY AND HIS UNIQUE PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A POLITICAL LEADER LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE YOU KNOW, COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE HUMBLE ORIGINS THAT HE DID A PEANUT FARMER, RIGHT? AND SOMEONE WHO BASICALLY RAN AS A NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE. HE IS A COMPLICATED FELLOW. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD SUCH ENORMOUS INTEGRITY BOTH AS PRESIDENT AND IN HIS POST-PRESIDENTIAL YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF MAKES HIM A CANDIDATE IN MY MIND FOR MOUNT RUSHMORE. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY HAS ORDERED ALL STATE BUILDINGS, LOWER AMERICAN AND MASSACHUSETTS FLAGS TO HALF STAFF UNTIL JANUARY 28TH, 2025. WE’RE LIV

Historian calls Jimmy Carter a ‘candidate for Mt. Rushmore’

Many people are remembering former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100, after more than a year in hospice care. He was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government as president and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 while making himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents.He was a peacemaker, a champion of democracy and public health, and a monitor of human rights around the world. Carter said his Baptist faith demanded that he do whatever he could, wherever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference.Video below: U.S. leaders react to death of former President Jimmy Carter”We’re not going to see a political leader like that — you know, coming from the humble origins that he did, a peanut farmer. Someone who basically ran as a non-partisan candidate,” said Boston University professor Tom Whalen. “He is a complicated fellow but the bottom line is that he had such enormous integrity both as president and in his post-presidency year that makes him a candidate, in my mind, for Mt. Rushmore.” Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff through Jan. 28 in honor of Carter’s life. “President Carter lived a life dedicated to peace, human rights, democracy and moral clarity. He set an enduring example of what it means to serve others, and his legacy will continue to inspire generations to come,” Healey said in a statement. “I’m sending love and strength to the Carter family as they, and our nation, process this profound loss. May we all honor his memory by building a more just, peaceful and caring world.”

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Many people are remembering former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100, after more than a year in hospice care.

He was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government as president and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 while making himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents.

He was a peacemaker, a champion of democracy and public health, and a monitor of human rights around the world. Carter said his Baptist faith demanded that he do whatever he could, wherever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference.

Video below: U.S. leaders react to death of former President Jimmy Carter

“We’re not going to see a political leader like that — you know, coming from the humble origins that he did, a peanut farmer. Someone who basically ran as a non-partisan candidate,” said Boston University professor Tom Whalen. “He is a complicated fellow but the bottom line is that he had such enormous integrity both as president and in his post-presidency year that makes him a candidate, in my mind, for Mt. Rushmore.”

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff through Jan. 28 in honor of Carter’s life.

“President Carter lived a life dedicated to peace, human rights, democracy and moral clarity. He set an enduring example of what it means to serve others, and his legacy will continue to inspire generations to come,” Healey said in a statement. “I’m sending love and strength to the Carter family as they, and our nation, process this profound loss. May we all honor his memory by building a more just, peaceful and caring world.”