Jimmy Carter: 'Four More Years Of Trump' Would Be 'A Disaster'

ATLANTA — Former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday night he doesn't know which Democrat he will support in 2020, but a major factor in his decision will be which candidate can unseat President Donald Trump. "Because I think it would be a disaster to have four more years of Trump," the nation's oldest living ex-president said.

Carter made the remarks at The Carter Center. Both Carter, 94, and wife, Rosalynn, 92, participated in an event called “Conversations with the Carters,” part of a series of events at the center for 2019-2020 season. The Carters were giving the audience an update, as reported by the AJC, on the center's work.

Carter also said he could not have undertaken the duties of a president when he was 80, according to Fox News. “If I were just 80 years old, if I was 15 years younger, I don’t believe I could undertake the duties I experienced when I was president," he said.

Carter said he voted for Bernie Sanders in the last Democratic presidential primary.

This past June, Carter said Trump was an "illegitmate" president while particpating in a C-SPAN panel on human rights in Washington, DC, along with his vice president, Walter Mondale. Carter said Trump won the 2016 presidential election because of Russian interference, despite the fact that several congressional and judicial inquiries and investigations have uncovered no substantive evidence that Trump colluded with Russian agents to discredit Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign.

In March 2019, Carter became America's oldest living ex-president in history, surpassing George H.W. Bush, who died last November. Prior to Bush, previous record holders were Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Herbert Hoover and John Adams.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has endorsed Joe Biden, who served for eight years as vice president during the Barack Obama administration.

Democrats are hoping Georgia will become a battleground state next year, not only in the presidential election but also in its hopes to gain ground in the U.S. Senate. Republicans control every statewide elected constitutional office and hold solid majorities in both Georgia's congressional delegation and in the state house and senate.

However, junior U.S. Sen. David Perdue is up for reelection, and has already drawn four Democrat contenders. But late last month, Georgia's senior senator, Johnny Isakson, sent shockwaves through the political realm when he announced he is stepping down from his seat at the end of this year because of health concerns.

Isakson's Senate term ends in 2022, and there will be three years left in the term when he vacates the seat in December. Gov. Brian Kemp will appoint a replacement for Isakson, but the timing of Isakson's retirement means voters will now have two Georgia U.S. Senate races on next year's ballot.