Politics & Government

Jimmy Carter Shakes Hands With Passengers On Board Atlanta-To-DC Flight (VIDEO)

The man who posted the video wrote that Carter stopped to shake hands with every passenger on board.

Former President Jimmy Carter who was on board a flight from Atlanta to Washington D.C. this week made it a point to shake hands with every passenger on board and according to the man who captured the moment on video, Carter's enthusiasm at greeting the passengers was genuine.

Carter, 92, seems to enjoy shaking hands with passengers. On his way to Donald Trump's inauguration in January, he did the same, shaking hands with passengers on the Delta flight, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

In the video posted by James Sheffield, Carter can be seen smiling and walking down the aisle of the plane, stopping to shake hands with passengers in every seat.

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"I love you Jimmy Carter," one woman can be heard saying.

"What a pleasure, thank you," another man, who apparently recorded the video, is heard saying.

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Sheffield told WSB-TV he was headed to D.C. for Transgender Lobby Day at Capitol Hill and Carter was on the same flight as him.

"It's hard to put into words what a nice reprieve from the current political theater this moment was," Sheffield told the news channel.

The video posted by Sheffield has been retweeted over 10,000 times.


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