President Biden addressed the nation on Sunday within the wake of former President Jimmy Carter’s dying, commending the late statesman whereas additionally taking a swipe on the present president-elect throughout his speech.
Biden, who sounded hoarse in the course of the speech, stated he “lost a dear friend” on Sunday, noting that he had identified Carter for greater than 50 years. Carter handed away in Plains, Georgia, on the age of 100, after almost two years of being in hospice care.
Throughout his remarks, Biden stated Carter is a mannequin “of what it means to live a life of meaning and purpose, a life of principle, faith and humility.”
“Some look at Jimmy Carter and see a man of a bygone era with honesty and character. Faith and humility mattered, but I don’t believe it’s a bygone era,” Biden stated. “We’d all do well to try to be more like Jimmy Carter.”
Biden stated his fondest reminiscence of Carter occurred within the Nineteen Seventies when the then-Georgia governor requested Biden for assist along with his presidential marketing campaign.
“He grabbed me by the arm and said, ‘I need you to help with my campaign,’” Biden recalled. “I said, ‘I’ve only been around a couple of years, Mr. Governor.’ He said, ‘No, it’ll make a difference.’”
“I said, ‘I’m not sure it will,” Biden added. “When I endorsed him for president, I told him why [I] was endorsing him and that it was not only his policies but his character, his decency, the honor he communicated to everyone.”
When a reporter requested Biden what President-elect Trump ought to take from Carter’s legacy, Biden replied, “Decency.”
“Decency, decency, decency. … Can you imagine Jimmy Carter walking by someone who needed something and just keep walking? Can you imagine Jimmy Carter referring to someone by the way they look or the way they talk?”
Biden’s speech got here after Trump issued his personal assertion about Carter’s dying.
“Those of us who have been fortunate to have served as President understand this is a very exclusive club, and only we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the Greatest Nation in History,” Trump wrote on Reality Social. “The challenges Jimmy faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude.”
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Trump later wrote that though he “strongly” disagreed with Carter philosophically and politically, he realized that the previous president “truly loved and respected” the U.S. and all it stands for.
“He worked hard to make America a better place, and for that I give him my highest respect,” Trump stated. “He was truly a good man and, of course, will be greatly missed. He was also very consequential, far more than most Presidents, after he left the Oval Office.”
Fox Information Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
