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Former President Jimmy Carter urged Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to run for president in an Instagram Live video on Sunday.
Booker, who is known for his social media savvy, took to the platform to film a road trip through Georgia with civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) ahead of MLK Day.
After the two lawmakers attended a church service led by Carter in his hometown of Plains, Booker featured the former president in a video.
Im very glad to have you here this morning, and I hope you come back, Carter said. And I hope you run for president.
Booker thanked Carter, telling him: You encouraging me means more to me than you can imagine.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426227-jimmy-carter-tells-booker-i-hope-you-run-for-president
elleng
(130,857 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)it will take a woman to beat tRump.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)or a Person of Color.
How about a WOMAN OF COLOR?
Come on Kamala!
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)tRump plowed thru his primary against mostly men.
Suburban women came out for dems in the midterms.
hillary.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)he has my vote. That said I still prefer Andrew Yang at this point.
airplaneman
(1,239 posts)I still have not forgotten or forgiven him voting no on importing Canadian Pharmacy drugs.
A good dozen Republicans voted yes. He said that Canadian drugs were simply not safe (yeah not safe for Pharmaceutical company profits). Like Lieberman voting no on reducing the age of Medicare. I don't forgive or forget quick on critical issues continuing to be denied.
-Airplane
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)samnsara
(17,615 posts).every single one of them would make a great Prez ..and a great Veep as well. I hope the second place job goes to one of the candidates and now some unknown yahoo just because they might get votes in that area.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)And then I will study them and wait for them to make their cases before I decide. We have many good Democratic candidates.
airplaneman
(1,239 posts)mysteryowl
(7,373 posts)kentuck
(111,076 posts)I think Booker would need to be on the list, also.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)RainCaster
(10,857 posts)And two years to do it.
PatrickforO
(14,569 posts)He'd be great.
I'd sure volunteer for his campaign.
lostnfound
(16,170 posts)Two years ago I wasnt so sure but he seems stronger now, quietly confident.