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Jimmy Carter: ‘Democracy has reached its peak and is declining’

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Former President Jimmy Carter joins us to talk about the lack of moral leadership in the White House, faith, and what it would take for Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize. We spoke to Carter at Liberty University shortly ahead of his delivery of the keynote speech at the school's commencement ceremonies. Though he and Jerry Falwell make an unlikely pair due to their very different politics (Falwell is a conservative Republican, Carter is a proud Democrat), Carter's deep and abiding Christian faith — and the lifetime of humanitarian work it led him to — is the reason he was invited to Falwell's school. Read more at https://politico.com/podcasts/off-message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jimmy Carter: ‘Democracy has reached its peak and is declining’

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