Bill and Hillary Clinton Honor Jimmy Carter In Joint Statement: ‘He Worked Tirelessly for a Better, Fairer World’
Former President Bill Clinton and former Sectretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement on the death of Jimmy Carter on Sunday evening.
In a joint message, the 42nd president and his wife honored Carter as a humanitarian who lived a “good life.” The couple said:
Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life. Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others-until the very end.
From his commitment to civil rights as a state senator and governor of Georgia; to his efforts as President to protect our natural resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, make energy conservation a national priority, return the Panama Canal to Panama, and secure peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David; to his post-Presidential efforts at the Carter Center supporting honest elections, advancing peace, combating disease, and promoting democracy; to his and Rosalynn’s devotion and hard work at Habitat for Humanity – he worked tirelessly for a better, fairer world.
Hillary and I met President Carter in 1975 and were proud, early supporters of his Presidential campaign. I will always be proud to have presented the Medal of Freedom to him and Rosalynn in 1999, and to have worked with him in the years after he left the White House.
Our prayers are with Jack, Chip, Jeff, Amy, and their families.
Carter died at around 3:40 p.m. ET Sunday at his home in Georgia, his son Chip Carter told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
President-elect Donald Trump also issued a statement remembering Carter as a man who became president “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,” Trump added in a statement post on his Truth Social account. “Melania and I are thinking warmly of the Carter Family and their loved ones during this difficult time.”
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden also honored Carter in a statement in which the president stated:
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.
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