SARASOTA – A Sarasota man who ran for Congress at 101 and drove a cherry red Mercedes convertible until he was 107 said Wednesday – on his 108th birthday – that history cannot forget days like Wednesday.
Joe Newman, a supercentenarian, has lived through two world wars, the Great Depression, a number of U.S. conflicts, the civil rights movement, the assassination of one president and the resignation of another.
He’s most proud of working on Social Security during the era of President Franklin Roosevelt, he said during his 106th birthday party in 2019.
He spoke to SNN-TV by video conference from the retirement home he shares with his 100-year-old partner, Anita Sampson. As he spoke, the House of Representatives was presenting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for “Incitement of Insurrection,” the first time in U.S. history a president has been impeached twice.
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Two women, one wearing a tallit, blow the shofar amid the Capitol rioting, Jan. 6, 2021. (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
The Pro-Trump rally at the US Capitol, Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
The Pro-Trump rally at the US Capitol, Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
The Pro-Trump rally at the US Capitol, Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
The Pro-Trump rally at the US Capitol, Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
The Pro-Trump rally at the US Capitol, Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
The Pro-Trump rally at the US Capitol, Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
(JTA) — When Lloyd Wolf heard the long blast from a shofar at the Jan. 6 Stop the Steal protest, the photographer was determined to find the source. He found
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