As the 39th U.S. President’s 100th birthday nears, Jimmy Carter told his family from hospice care that his ultimate goal is to vote for Kamala Harris before he passes.
Carter, who has been in hospice care since Feb. 2023, could make history on Oct. 1 as the first president to reach their 100birthday. But he told his family a bigger goal for him would be to see the defeat of Republican nomineeHis grandson Jason Carter said he told his son Chip a few days ago, when asked whether he was trying to make it to his 100birthday, that he is “only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris .
. “Vice President Harris has the benefit of being part of this ticket and having been a part of this ticket for the last several months and years. She’s run before nationally; she’s been part of the team that beat Trump last time, and she knows how this works,” he said. , a centennial concert scheduled for Sept. 17 at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta—a star-studded event which will celebrate the life and legacy of the 39The line-up includes Chuck Leavell, D-Nice, Drive-By Truckers, Eric Church, GROUPLOVE, Maren Morris, The War And Treaty, and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, the Carter Center, which Jason Carter chairs, announced in a press release.
“Whether it was on his record player, on the campaign trail, or on the White House lawn, music has been—and continues to be—a source of joy, comfort, and inspiration for my grandfather,” the former president’s grandson said in a statement. “I can think of no better way to celebrate him and his 100th birthday than a night of music.”
Vice President Harris on Friday officially secured the Democratic nomination for president after meeting the threshold of 2,350 delegates backing her.quit the race last month following a disastrous debate performance against Trump. Born to a Jamaican father and Indian mother, she would become the first female president of the U.S. and the first Asian American president if she is victorious over her Republican opponent.
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