A memorial service for President Jimmy Carter has reunited all five living presidents Thursday in Washington D.C. as well as two former vice presidents who had a heartfelt moment last summer.
Funeral services for Carter, who died at 100 last Sunday, began Saturday with a motorcade in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Thursday’s ceremony at the U.S. Capitol will continue with a motorcade to the Washington National Cathedral for a service before Carter returns to Plains for a private service.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, in attendance for Carter’s funeral, sat between his wife, Karen, and fellow ex-second-in-line Al Gore.
According to a recent report from Politico, the two men shared a moment last summer in which Pence credited his Democratic predecessor with giving him a guide to follow.
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Pence rejected calls from violent rioters and members of his own party to overturn the 2020 presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021, in part inspired by Gore’s role 20 years before certifying his own loss to President George W. Bush.
“I never forgot it,” Pence reportedly said to Gore.
“You don’t know how much that means,” Gore is said to have responded.
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