For decades, Democrats wanted nothing to do with the one-term president associated with do-gooder weakness. With Trump in office, that's starting to change.
The post-presidential rehabilitation of Jimmy Carter’s image is reaching a new peak.
In January, after Booker and Rep. John Lewis met with Carter in Georgia, Booker posted a video on Instagram of Carter telling him, “I hope you run for president,” to which Booker responded, “You encouraging me means more to me than you could imagine.”The 2020 Election. The New Congress. The Mueller Investigation. Be in the Know.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
When Carter left the presidency in 1981, he had posted an average Gallup approval rating of 45.5 percent, better only than Harry Truman among post-World War II presidents. But over nearly four decades, Carter began to repair his legacy.
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