'Abomination': Critics blast leading Republicans as Jimmy Carter brought to Capitol

Fans of the late former President Jimmy Carter weren't happy to see Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) delivering speeches as the late Democrat was placed in the Capitol rotunda.

Severalpeoplecommented that Johnson incorrectly said that Carter served in the Army and then followed it with the detail that Carter was on a submarine.

Kieran Francke, a Democratic Party Committee person from Chester County, Pennsylvania, pointed out on Bluesky that Carter was the only president to ever graduate from the Naval Academy and served on one of the first nuclear submarines.

Ted Johnson, a Washington, D.C. correspondent for Deadline, also noticed that Fox News was the only U.S. news network to skip the remarks. Instead, they showed their daily show, "The Five."

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Vice President Kamala Harris "has spent these last two days showing the country what it means to work with grace and class. Her speech memorializing President Carter puts Mike Johnson's efforts to shame," said retired investigative TV journalist Hillary Lake on X.

The social media account Art Candee posted, "It's making my skin crawl that John Thune and Mike Johnson are making speeches for former President Jimmy Carter."

"It is an abomination to have a bigot like Mike Johnson standing and speaking words about equality and non-discrimination at a memorial for Jimmy Carter," complained a retired Navy veteran.

Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified the owner of the social media account "Art Candee." This article has been updated.