Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., says Jimmy Carter would have a tough time getting elected president in right this moment’s world.
“We’ve gone as far as a nation that we don’t as a nation perceive the worth of honesty,” King advised PEOPLE completely at the “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song” birthday concert on Sept. 17.
“He was true to his religion and his values,” she added. “And he wouldn’t veer from that even when [it] meant that he wouldn’t return to the presidency for a second time.”
King, 61, additionally mirrored on how her father would have been “disillusioned” with the present political local weather.
“We acquired to a spot the place we are able to’t have civil discourse no matter our variations,” the lawyer and minister mentioned. “I believe he could be troubled that we [saw] some reversal of issues, however but he was the sort of one that was at all times cautiously optimistic.”
King added that regardless of the course of recent politics, she is inspired by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the White Home.
“There’s a variety of hope,” the chief govt of the Martin Luther King Jr. Heart for Nonviolent Social Change advised PEOPLE. “Frankly talking, as a lady, that is the season the place we’re seeing increasingly [women] rising.”
One key swing state that Democrats are vying to maintain in 2024 after narrowly profitable in 2020 is Georgia, the place Carter was the notably the previous governor. It is also the place King lives.
“There’s a variety of work to do and a variety of grassroots issues,” she mentioned. “There are nonetheless folks on the market attempting to resolve.”
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Carter was celebrated on Sept. 17 on the Fox Theatre in Atlanta with a number of performances and celeb visitor appearances from Renée Zellweger, Dale Murphy and Killer Mike.
Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama additionally made digital appearances to honor their predecessor, who had been energetic building homes and teaching Sunday school following his presidency.
The celebration will probably be streamed by Georgia Public Broadcasting on Carter’s precise birthday, and the previous president plans to look at.