Maureen Dowd: The Peach State plummet, from Carter to MTG

Do we want to be Jimmy Carter, a brainiac, or Marjorie Taylor Greene, a maniac?

(Erin Schaff | The New York Times)

Former President Jimmy Carter at his home in Plains, Ga., June 25, 2021.

(Erin Schaff | The New York Times) Former President Jimmy Carter at his home in Plains, Ga., June 25, 2021.

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