Jimmy Carter, 99, hopes to live long enough to vote for Kamala Harris

Whenever I have a dark moment or a depressed moment, I think about how my goal should be to outlive Donald Trump. At the very least, my immediate goal is to live to see him humiliated yet again, to see him lose yet another election. For everyone to laugh at the big orange loser and his tiny little hands. Hatred can fuel people to keep going just as much as love. President Jimmy Carter has a beautiful soul, and he is full of love for his family, his country and Democrats in general. I am not saying that Jimmy Carter is fueled with hate. But he is trying to live long enough to vote for Kamala Harris and watch Donald Trump’s tears streak down his ugly orange face.

Jimmy Carter is less than two months out from his 100th birthday on Oct. 1, but loved ones say his sights are set on reaching a different milestone: voting Kamala Harris for president.

Jimmy has been in hospice care for a year and a half, and though his condition has not dramatically changed since February 2023, his grandson Jason Carter told Southern Living in June that the family’s 99-year-old patriarch was “no longer awake every day.” Two months later, however, Jason is sharing a more optimistic health update about the 39th U.S. president.

While promoting an upcoming tribute concert for his grandfather’s birthday, Jason told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Jimmy has been “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza” in recent days.

Jason previously said that his grandfather has good days and bad days, and that it is often hard to predict what state he will be in when family stops in for visits.

When Jimmy’s son Chip Carter asked him this week whether he wants to live to see his 100th birthday, the former president responded, “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” according to Jason.

Though the 2024 presidential election is still three months away, the former president wouldn’t have to wait until Nov. 5 to cast his ballot. Early voting in Georgia begins on Oct. 15, and absentee ballots are sent out up to 29 days before the election. Georgia does not have any laws barring a ballot from being counted if someone dies between the early voting period and Election Day.

[From People]

That’s sort of nasty work from People Magazine, to suggest that Carter would only have to make it to early or mid-October. Granted, I was curious about Georgia laws too, but there you go. Whenever Carter’s name trends on social media, I brace myself for bad news. But it’s always like “Jimmy Carter can’t wait to vote for Kamala Harris” or “Jimmy Carter is doing great!” Such a blessed soul. I pray he makes it long enough to vote for Kamala Harris too.

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