Posted on 12/29/2024 6:20:04 PM PST by Morgana
Jimmy Carter will become the sixth American president to be given an official state funeral at the United States Capitol as the nation prepares to honor its late commander-in-chief.
Carter has died at the age of 100, almost two years after announcing he would spend his final days in hospice care.
His son Chip Carter, 74, confirmed the former president had died in his Georgia home on Sunday around 3.40 pm ET.
President Biden was expected to declare an official 'day of mourning' for the deceased during a speech from the Oval Office on Sunday night.
Is there a state funeral for Jimmy Carter’s death?
Joe Biden, in a statement released Sunday afternoon, did not immediately announce a day of mourning but did declare Carter will receive a state funeral.
'To honor a great American, I will be ordering an official state funeral to be held in Washington D.C. for James Earl Carter, Jr., 39th President of the United States, 76th Governor of Georgia, Lieutenant of the United States Navy, graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and favorite son of Plains, Georgia, who gave his full life in service to God and country,' Biden said.
A date has not yet been set for the funeral.
Fox News reported that Carter's body will likely lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda starting on or about January 6.
A total of 12 presidents and 34 people have lied in state at the Rotunda, the last being late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2022.
Will there be a day of mourning after Jimmy Carter's death?
While no day of mourning was officially declared in the statement, it is typically held several days after the president's death.
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I know you meant well.
Clinton’s the elder statesman now. Tic tok.
How about calling the Memorial “A Day of Morning”, as in a new beginning. Someone could always say it was just a typo.
“Didn’t mean anything by it”.
I’ll just say bye knowing he will continue voting Democrat for next few elections.
I’ll just say bye knowing he will continue voting Democrat for next few elections.
You mean the Democrats will keep voting for him in the next few elections.
Probably not...his library was the recipient of Saddam Hussein’s oil vouchers via two guys, one was Samir Vincent, the other, as I recall, Khafaji.
“...Evidence presented in the case purports to show the Carter Center accepted millions in government grants while falsely certifying it was not violating prohibitions on providing material support to terror groups, which include a broad range of factors including lodgings, expert advice, and other types of support.
Former President Carter’s ongoing and well-documented interactions with Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) are tantamount to material support for terror groups, the suit alleges citing evidence Carter hosted these officials at his Center’s offices.
This also includes providing services and advice to Hamas and other individuals and organizations designated as terrorists by the U.S. government.
While the Trump administration’s lawyers admit in their motion to dismiss that Carter has in fact met with designated terrorists and terror groups, they are seeking to have the case tossed because it would be too expensive to adjudicate in court.”...
Maybe its time for an old fashioned Wellstone Memorial deal again. Hillary could tell us that she “aint no ways tiired”.
Heck Biden could get up and tell us how he used to harvest peanuts or some old lie.
Well until he is buried the flags will be at half mast. I was wondering if they will having the state funeral at the national cathedral or will he just have it at his church in Georgia?
He surely didn't give more than his service time in The Navy (and his later actions indicate probable mixed loyalties) and was surely a Pawn of Satan.
A truly evil man who's being welcomed into the gates of hell as his just reward.
Khomeni, Arafat, Mugabe, Torrijos, Neto and a rouges gallery of dictators, strong men, totalitarians, and outright Sadists have a new chum tonight.
Did he, really? He revealed himself as a horrible anti-Semite in his later years. All good will I had for him and his “good works and trying” disappeared at that point. Woodrow Wilson without the dignity or the sophistication.
Live broadcast wall-to-wall pomposity from Georgia to DC and back to Georgia. Together with massive gas-lighting as to how he somehow deserves it.
Well…………………bye
A kind and gentle man far over his head in the brutal and evil world of big time politics.
I do owe him turning from Dem and voting for Reagan, I will be forever grateful.
Well said. Evil human garbage never met a despot he didn’t admire.
I.do.not.care.
I agree. He was a decent president.
The worst presidents are Obama and his Biden puppet.
Thank the Lord that Harris lost.
Elder would make it Biden not Clinton, at least at 12:01 PM on 1/20/2025. If we are talking age only.
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