Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter may be living on borrowed time at 99 years old; however, he has big plans for making it to 100 and voting for Kamala Harris.

According to People, Carter’s son reports that the almost centenarian has his sights set on exercising his right to vote, one last time, and casting a ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris. Carter has been in hospice care for over a year. However, his loved ones say he’s been “more alert and interested in politics and the war in Gaza” in recent days.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” he said, according to his son, Chip Carter.

Though the election is over a month past what will be his 100th birthday, the 39th U.S. president would be able to cast his ballot early in his current state of Georgia. His vote would still count even in the event of his death.

In terms of making Carter’s dying wish come true, the latest news confirming Harris as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president is a good sign. Earlier this year, Carter’s grandson Jason said the former politician was “no longer awake every day.”

Before his health began to rapidly decline, Carter didn’t try to hide his disdain for former President Donald Trump.

“I think it’s well-known that the incumbent [President Trump] is very careless with the truth,” Jimmy told CBS News in a 2018 interview. “I think I went through my campaign and my presidency without ever lying to the people or making a deliberately false statement, and I think that would be a very worthwhile thing to reinsert into politics these days.”

He continued,

“I think he’s a disaster … In human rights and in treating people equal.”

Carter’s storied history in politics has garnered him praise and respect from politicians in both parties. As president, he appointed the first Black woman to the U.S. Cabinet in Patricia Roberts Harris, who served as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the late 1970s. He also stood on the frontlines for equality in both race and gender.

The political event of the year is coming, and it’s set to be a showdown for the ages… but like most things associated with the former president, there’s a catch. Donald Trump reluctantly relented about debating Kamala Harris but only hosted by Fox News and on another date of his Cheeto choosing.

This surprise move is coming right after Harris secured enough votes to become the Democratic candidate for the upcoming Presidential election.

As we wait for Harris to choose a running mate, we can look forward to a Black woman taking center stage in a presidential debate!

Trump Drops The Bombshell On Truth Social

In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump made the announcement that had everyone talking.

 “I have agreed with Fox News to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th,” Trump declared. “The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant.”

That’s right, folks! The debate with Joe Biden was called off, and now Harris is stepping into the ring.

The event will be held in the “Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” though the exact location is still under wraps. One thing is for sure, it’ll definitely be a “FULL ARENA AUDIENCE.”

Trump’s Waffling Finally Ends

Trump’s decision to debate Harris didn’t come easy. After President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, leaving Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Trump played coy about whether he’d take on Harris. Shoot, even JD Vance was against battling Harris when she was VP. 

But now, Trump is all in, and the stage is set.

In a recent Fox News interview, Trump teased his intentions, saying, “I want to do a debate. But I also can say this. Everybody knows who I am. And now people know who she is.”

Right… As BOSSIP previously reported, Trump showed who he is at his recent appearance with the National Association of Black Journalists where he accused Harris of “just now becoming Black.” 

To sum up his behavior, Trump disrespected the Black Women moderators on the NABJ stage. Not surprising, right?

Imagine this upcoming Presidential Debate…

Harris Throws Down The Gauntlet

Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t one to back down from a challenge. At a fiery rally in Atlanta, Georgia, she called Trump out, demanding he make good on his promise to debate.

Harris has been gearing up for this moment, and she’s ready to take Trump on in what promises to be a no-holds-barred face-off.

The Battle Of The Moderators

The debate will be in the capable hands of Fox News veterans Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum—per Trump’s request. 

Trump stated that the rules would be similar to his previous debates, ensuring a familiar format. Considering how Trump and Biden’s previous debate, let’s hope the moderators continue to ask challenging questions—with ACTUAL REAL TIME FACT CHECKING. 

The Democratic Party previously requested CNN, so this ask makes sense. We can only hope for professionalism.

Ads, Ads, and More Ads!

Both Trump and Harris have launched massive ad campaigns in the lead-up to the debate. According to ABC News, Harris is hitting the airwaves hard with a $50 million three-week ad blitz ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

ABC states that Trump has reserved $12 million worth of airtime in key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin. The ad war is in full swing, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Prepare your television screens to be flooded.

Mark Your Calendars! (For September, That Is)

Details are still to come as Trump sets the debate for September 4th and Harris agrees to September 10th—the countdown is on. 

This is one political event you won’t want to miss. BOSSIP will keep updates as we find out more.

Donald Trump’s ill-conceived appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Wednesday was almost universally viewed as a complete disaster by everyone who doesn’t lay awake at night wishing they were wearing Trump’s hind parts as a noseguard. (I’m looking at you, Tim Scott.)

There are a lot of reasons the scheduled Q&A session didn’t go well for anyone involved. Obviously, it was foolhardy to even expect that a productive discussion would be the result of an interview with someone who, in virtually every interview he has ever done, has proven that all he does is repeat easily disprovable lies, insult everyone he doesn’t like and throw temper tantrums the second he gets hit with any question he doesn’t want to answer. But there is another glaring reason Trump’s NABJ appearance was doomed from the start:

Trump doesn’t actually know anything about Black people.

On Thursday, Trump doubled down on his false claims that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris hid her Black identity and only ever identified as Indian in the past—and he had the Tang-flavored caucasity to do so under the guise of celebrating Harris for her love of her “Indian heritage.”

“Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated,” Trump posted to his Truth Social platform along with an old photo of Harris with her family.

It’s unclear if Trump is trying to clean up his NABJ performance—which he would certainly be embarrassed by if he were capable of shame—or if he is just out here proving he’s a 78-year-old manchild by continuing to gaslight Harris, who responded to Trump’s original comments regarding her racial identity by calling it Trump’s “same old show” of “divisiveness.”

But it’s about more than just “divisiveness,” it’s an indication of why the division between Trump and “the Blacks” was already there.

Again, Trump doesn’t know us.

Here’s what I wrote about this previously:

He really thought he’d run the same talking points in front of NABJ’s audience that he does in front of his MAGA cult audiences.

He thought it would go over well with Black people when he whitesplained that Kamala Harris isn’t really Black, saying, “I didn’t know she was Black,” and that “she happened to turn Black” before he asked, “Is she Indian or is she Black?” If Trump actually knew Black people, he would have known how far out of his Caucasian lane he was by even questioning Harris’ Blackness at all.

Trump also thought calling Harris a “DEI” hire was going to go over as well with us as it does his caucasity-indoctrinated constituency of loud and proud racists as if Black people haven’t been clocking “DEI hire” as white people’s new version of the N-word.

He also didn’t know anything about the case of Sonya Massey, which Black media has covered extensively.

He thought it would go over well with Black people when he insisted that Jan. 6 convicts were victims of “two systems of justice.”

He thought he could run that stale and ahistorical line about how he was “the best president for the Black population since Abraham Lincoln,” proving he knows nothing about Lincoln outside of the fact that the slaves were freed on his watch–and because of their own determination, not the 16th President’s.

https://twitter.com/NewsNation/status/1818715457144168713

After NABJ panelist Rachel Scott offended Trump by—*checks notes*—asking him about the words that had come out of his own mouth, Trump responded by whining about how “nasty” the question was and then he pivoted to what was essentially a Miss Millie “I’ve always been good to you people” rant. Trump defaulted to that narrative because he doesn’t know enough about Black people to understand that white savior complexes aren’t really a thing most of us find attractive. 

Trump was deeply offended by Scott asking him about his history of racial antagonism, but he wasn’t so offended that he didn’t take to social media the very next day so he could continue being racially antagonistic.

Meanwhile, Trump’s focus on Harris’ racial identity is, apparently, really becoming a problem for the GOP.

From ABC News:

Trump allies in the Senate tried to focus less on the former president’s comments at NABJ — when he called Harris’ race into question — and instead pivoted to what they believe are his policy accomplishments in his first term.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a close ally of the former president’s, said Trump would be better served focusing on policy.

Asked if it was appropriate for Trump to question Harris’ race, Graham replied: “No, I don’t think so.”

“I’ve known the vice president for a while, she has always embraced her heritage proudly as she should,” Graham said. “My problem with Vice President Harris is the policy choices she’s made. I think she’s live a consequential life, but on policy the country is on fire — the world is on fire and the country is in decline. And I think we need new leadership so so that will be my approach.”

Mind you, two years ago Graham was out here making it his Caucasian mission to promote Herschel Walker as MAGA America’s great Black hope who would Pied Piper Black children into becoming Republican voters, so it’s not like he’s above playing identity politics when it suits him, but whatever.

It’s not just Trump. Racist and sexist attacks on Harris have gotten so out of control in the MAGA world that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson felt compelled to convene a closed-door meeting last week to warn his fellow GOP legislators to stop being racist and sexist.

November is coming, y’all. Get out and vote!