Fox News contributor Bill McGurn on Monday challenged the public perception that the late President Jimmy Carter was a “decent” man, pointing out that Carter “essentially” labeled Ronald Reagan a “racist” and “warmonger” during the 1980 presidential election.
McGurn – a Wall Street Journal editorial board member and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush – took the swipe at Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, when he was asked on The Story by anchor Jonathan Hunt to weigh in on the late president’slegacy.
Fox News pundit questions whether Jimmy Carter was actually ‘decent’ as he ‘essentially’ called Reagan ‘racist’ ’I think we have to remember ... when everyone says he’s decent?
Remember the campaign he ran against Reagan, essentially calling him a racist and a warmonger,’ Bill McGurn said on Fox News.
But, he also noted: “I think when you look at Jimmy Carter, and I disagree with his policies, and I lived through his administration, and it was very hurtful to a lot of people,” McGurn replied.
