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Jimmy Carter on Helping the Poor
The former president turns 100 on Oct. 1, 2024. In honor of the occasion, we rounded up our favorite fact-checks about him.
by Izz Scott LaMagdeleine , Feb. 27, 2014
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 100 on Oct. 1, 2024. Carter — who served one term as president from 1977 to 1981 — founded The Carter Center with late wife, Rosalynn, in 1982 and has long been a volunteer with Habitats for Humanity. (We once fact-checked a true claim that he built houses with the organization the day after sustaining an eye injury.)
We've checked many claims about Carter, from quotes to viral photos. In honor of the former president's birthday, here's a roundup of our favorite checks about him from our archives.
By Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine is the web producer/production editor for Snopes.
Jimmy Carter Death Hoax Promoted by NY Post, Laura Loomer and Others
July 23, 2024
Online users and publications mistakenly shared a death hoax for the 99-year-old former presiden ...
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Is This a Real Photo of Jimmy Carter Sledding at Camp David?
Nov. 22, 2023
Presidents are allowed to have fun, too.
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Did Jimmy Carter Say Christianity Was 'Hijacked' by People Who Would Give Jesus 'the Boot'?
Nov. 25, 2023
The quote has been shared online in memes that featured pictures of the former president.
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Does the White House Have Solar Panels on Its Roof?
Oct. 7, 2022
Jimmy Carter was the first president to have solar panels installed on the roof of the White Hou ...
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Did Jimmy Carter Once Help Build Affordable Housing With an Eye Injury?
April 14, 2022
For more than two years, fans of the president have circulated images and memes of the alleged i ...
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Yes, Jimmy Carter Really Did Once Help Contain a Nuclear Meltdown
Jan. 8, 2022
The more you know ...
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Why Do the Bidens Look Giant in Photo With Carters?
May 4, 2021
This photograph spurred jokes about dollhouses and ventriloquists.
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Did Jimmy Carter Say 'Jesus Never Said a Word About Homosexuality'?
Feb. 19, 2020
"When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taugh ...
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Did Carter Sell His Peanut Farm When He Became President?
May 18, 2020
Social media users were back in the business of comparing presidential business practices in spr ...
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Did Jimmy Carter Pen the 'Losing My Religion for Equality' Op-Ed?
July 22, 2019
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter did disagree with the Southern Baptist Convention on issues o ...
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Did Jimmy Carter Say 'America Has No Functioning Democracy at This Moment?'
Oct. 10, 2018
An old quotation attributed to the 39th president re-emerged on social media in October 2018, pr ...
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Did Jimmy Carter Announce That His Cancer Is Spreading?
Aug. 29, 2018
Viral social media posts rehashed a three-year-old announcement about the former president, who ...
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Did the Trump Administration 'Veto' Argentina's Decision to Honor Jimmy Carter?
May 1, 2017
A chain of blog posts advanced a rumor that President Trump forced Argentina not to honor Presid ...
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Ronald Reagan Beat Jimmy Carter in a Landslide Despite Trailing 6% in Polls?
Oct. 23, 2016
The claim that Reagan won the 1980 presidential election in a landslide despite trailing well be ...
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Jimmy Carter on the First Woman President
June 17, 2016
A purported Jimmy Carter quote about the election of the United States' first woman president ap ...
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Jimmy Carter Banned Iranian Immigrants
Dec. 9, 2015
Did President Jimmy Carter ban Iranian nationals from entering the U.S. in a manner similar to D ...
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Jimmy Carter's Cancer Cured by Marijuana?
Dec. 8, 2015
Former president Jimmy Carter did not say that his cancer was cured by medical marijuana.
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Jimmy Carter on Helping the Poor
Feb. 27, 2014
"Anyone unwilling to work should not eat"?
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