Trump critic Liz Cheney to be awarded Presidential Citizens Medal by Biden
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Award handed to those who ‘performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens’. Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people in a ceremony at the White House Thursday evening. Some of the recipients fought for same-sex marriage, one led the charge in treating wounded soldiers, and two others are close friends of the president: former Sens. Ted Kaufman and Chris Dodd.
“President Biden believes these Americans are bonded by their common decency and commitment to serving others,” the White House said. “The country is better because of their dedication and sacrifice.”. The medal, created by President Richard Nixon in 1969, is the second-highest civilian award in the U.S., following the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is given to those who “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”.
Last year, Biden handed the honor to some of those protecting the Capitol during the attack on democracy by supporters of President-elect Trump, and some of those who defended the vote of the American people when Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election.
The final report from the committee found that Trump had criminally taken part in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the election and that he didn’t take sufficient action to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol. Even as he’s set to return to the White House on January 20th, Trump is holding firm to his lies that he won the 2020 election. He has also said that he would pardon some of the rioters following his return as president.
