Jimmy Carter 2020? Rumors and T-shirts Abound

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Former President Jimmy Carter spent some time with CBS Late Show hos

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t, Stephen Colbert, on Friday night. President Carter has drawn headlines for his response when Colbert asked, “does America kind of want a jerk as President?”

His response?

“Apparently from this recent election, yes, I never knew it before.”

Moving on, Colbert asked Carter about a potential Presidential campaign, saying, “is there any chance you’re running in 2020? Because we could use a nice guy in the Oval Office.”

“I think there’s an age limit,” President Carter, now 93, remarked.

That’s when the former host of the Colbert Report presented President Carter with a t-shirt which said “Carter 2020: Still Constitutionally Eligible.”

That simple shirt quickly sparked a buzz on social media across the world.

One Reddit user stated, “Carter seemed ahead of his era, he’d be popular now I think.”

Another Redditor remarked, “Forged peace between two-millennia old enemies, served but never took us to war and told us the truth about ourselves. Best. President. Ever.”