(9 Jan 2025)
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Washington, DC – 9 January 2025
1. Various, President Joe Biden touches casket as he walks by preparing to deliver eulogy
2. Various, members of Carter family listening to Biden speak
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"That day, just the four of us sat in the living room and shared memories that spanned almost six decades, a deep friendship that started in 1974. I was a 31 year old senator and I was the first senator outside of Georgia, maybe the first senator, to endorse his candidacy for president. It was an endorsement based on what I believe is Jimmy Carter’s enduring attributes: character, character, character."
4. Close-up members of Carter’s family
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"Jimmy Carter’s friendship taught me and through his life taught me the strength of character is more than title or the power we hold. It’s a strength to understand that everyone should be treated with dignity. Respect that everyone, and I mean everyone, deserves an even shot, not a guarantee, but just a shot. You know, we have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor. And to stand up to my dad used to say was the greatest sin of all, the abuse of power. That’s not about being perfect as none of us are perfect. We’re all fallible. But it’s about asking ourselves are we striving to do things, the right things. What value, what are the values that animate our spirit. Do we operate from fear or hope, ego or generosity? Do we show grace? Do we keep the faith when it’s most tested? Or keeping the faith with the best of humankind and the best of America is a story, in my view, from my perspective, of Jimmy Carter’s life."
6. Wide, Biden speaking
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"And today, many think he was from a bygone era. But in reality, he saw well into the future. A white Southern Baptist who led on civil rights. A decorated Navy veteran who brokered peace. A brilliant nuclear engineer who led a nuclear nonproliferation. A hard working farmer who championed conservation and clean energy. And a president who redefined the relationship with a vice president."
8. Various, Biden speaking
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
"I miss him, but I take solace in knowing that he is beloved Rosalynn are reunited again."
10. Mid, Biden passes by casket and touches it once more
STORYLINE:
President Joe Biden began his eulogy of the 39th President Jimmy Carter by recalling how their relationship started, by endorsing the Georgian ahead of the 1976 presidential campaign.
Repeating "character" several times as Carter’s chief attribute, Biden said the former president taught him the imperative that "everyone should be treated with dignity and respect."
"We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor," Biden said, also noting the importance of standing up to "abuse in power."
Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.
President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s 1976 campaign, eulogized his fellow Democrat a little more than a week before he leaves office.
“Today many think he was from a bygone era, but in reality he saw well into the future," Biden said.
“I miss him," he added. "But I take solace in knowing that he and his beloved Rosalynn are reunited once again.”
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