President Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people Honorees on Saturday included George Soros and Hillary Clinton.
With just over two weeks left in his presidential term, Biden awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest honor a civilian can receive, to an organization he called “extraordinary” in his opening remarks.
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Unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation from fellow recipients and attendees, read out her career accomplishments, and then accepted the medal.
Attendees at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony applaud as President Joe Biden presents the medal to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. January 4, 2025. Screenshot/YouTube/White House
As Biden placed the medal around her neck, a military official read, “As a lawyer, she championed the rights of children.”
“As first lady, she fought for universal health care and declared women’s rights to be human rights. As a senator, she helped rebuild New York after September 11, 2001. As secretary of state, she helped rebuild New York after September 11, 2001. , championed democracy around the world, and her presidential nomination broke barriers and inspired a generation,” the official said.
president barack obama adopted Many of Mr. Clinton’s health care reform proposals were used to create the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). Despite widespread support at the time, many experts view His health care reform — perhaps the linchpin bill of his presidency — Negative impact as health care costs remain the main driver of economic growth in the United States bankruptcy Submission.
As Secretary of State, Clinton oversaw the U.S. State Department during the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Related: ‘Worse than my husband’: Benghazi hero agrees that Hillary Clinton is ‘one of the most disgusting people on the planet’)
Mr. Clinton was warned hours in advance of the planned attack, which was planned up to 10 days in advance. According to Document obtained by Judicial Watch.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2013. Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
Alex Soros, who accepted on behalf of his father, Democratic mega-donor George Soros, shook Biden’s hand and accepted his father’s medal, but the military official said he was “very proud of myself and countless others around the world.” He praised Soros’ attempt to “build a free life for all.” (Related: George Soros’ Empire Heir Engaged to Anthony Weiner’s Former Hillary Clinton Aide)
Alex Soros accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden on behalf of his father George Soros. January 4, 2025. Screenshot/YouTube/White House
Soros’s The Open Society Foundations and many other organizations he funds have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into efforts to elect crime-fighting district attorneys and judges.
A political action committee linked to a Hungarian billionaire is spending lavish funds to fund left-wing candidates in nearly every U.S. state.
His group is also funding efforts to flood the United States with Latin American immigrants who enter the country illegally at the southern border.
On Friday, the first session of the 119th Congress, former Republican Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who left his Utah Senate seat, accepted the medal on behalf of his father, former Republican Michigan Gov. George W. Romney.
Biden also posthumously honored three recipients, including Ash Carter, President George W. Bush’s secretary of defense. Biden called Black activist Fannie Lou Hamer and the late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy “one of my true political heroes,” adding, “I love them dearly and I am very grateful to them. It’s nostalgic,” he added.
The group of honorees also includes former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Earvin “Magic” Johnson, philanthropist and musician Bono, and actors Denzel Washington and Michael J. Fox.
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You can find the complete list of recipients here.
