Kicker: Carter craze

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: You never know when something’ll catch the fancy of a kid. But for a five year old in New Jersey, his birthday party theme is rather unlikely: his hero, Jimmy Carter!

LAUREN RAMOS: Hey, whatcha got there?

RYAN: It’s a Jimmy Carter mug.

Ryan’s mom Lauren Ramos pulled out all the stops: full-sized cardboard cutout of Carter, campaign buttons, a cake with Carter’s face on it.

Now that president’s been out of office for 40 years, but three year old Ryan saw Carter’s toothy grin on a presidential chart and he’s been captivated ever since.

Even cooler? Carter’s daughter Amy heard about the party and sent in some merch! Including that mug.

RAMOS: Yea. Whatcha got in there?

RYAN: Chocolate milk.

RAMOS: Do you like it?

RYAN: Yeah. I don’t like it. I love it!

Doesn’t just like it, he loves it! Me too!

Peanut farmer to preschool hero? Pretty cool.

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