Jimmy Carter and the Clintons have long had a frosty relationship. In 1992, he declined to endorse Bill Clinton, saying “people are looking for somebody who is honest and tells the truth.”
Four years later — when he was the only living Democratic ex-president — he skipped the Democratic National Convention entirely. And when Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2008, Carter endorsed Barack Obama, saying at the time she needed to “give it up.”
He changed gears in 2016, endorsing Clinton’s historic presidential bid during the Democratic National Convention in July — but not before casting a ballot for her opponent, apparently.
On Monday, Carter, 92, told an audience in Georgia that he had voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over the former secretary of state.
The comments came in a discussion between Carter and Sanders at the Carter Center in downtown Atlanta. As the two men talked about politics and human rights, Sanders launched into a campaign-style monologue in which he lamented the influence of corporate money in politics and low voter turnout in the United States.
“If we had 80 percent of the people voting in this country, the Republican Party would be a significant minority,” Sanders said. “So we have got to get people involved. And you do that by being honest about the real problems they face and come up with real solutions.”
Carter turned to the audience.
“Can y’all see why I voted for him?” he said, drawing laughs from the room. (The exchange begins around the 21-minute mark in the video)
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SOURCE: Derek Hawkins
The Washington Post
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