OAN Staff Sophia Flores
11:22am – Saturday, January 4, 2025
President Joe Biden has awarded former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and left-wing billionaire George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Biden also honored 17 other people during the ceremony.
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On Saturday, the president awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to individuals he believes have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values and security of the United States, world peace, or other important social, public or private endeavors.
The 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom are:
- Hillary Rodham Clintonformer first lady and former secretary of state.
- michael j fox “Back to the Future” movie stars
- Earvin “Magic” JohnsonLos Angeles Lakers Legend
- ralph lauren, fashion designer
- lionel messiMLS star and captain of Argentina's World Cup-winning soccer team
- denzel washingtonAcademy Award-winning actor
- Anna WintourVogue Editor-in-Chief
- William Sanford Nyetelevision host known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy”
- robert francis kennedymurdered former New York senator and U.S. attorney general
- jane goodallprimatologist and anthropologist
- David M. Rubensteinbillionaire co-founder of Kali Group
- Jose Andrescelebrity chef and founder of the charity World Central Kitchen
- ashton baldwin carterformer Secretary of Defense
- Tim Gillan entrepreneur working to advance LGBT rights.
- George W. Romneylate businessman and former Michigan governor
- george sorosphilanthropist and founder of the Open Society Foundations.
- george stevens jr.writer and playwright
- fannie lou hamerlate civil rights leader and founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- bonofrontman of rock band U2
Many people online are furious at who Biden chose to honor.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk told X: “Biden giving the Medal of Freedom to Soros is a travesty.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said it was a “shame” that Biden had spent his final weeks in the White House celebrating politicians who tried and failed to topple President-elect Donald Trump. “It's the right thing to do,” he said.
Correction 11:30 a.m.: Mitt Romney has been removed from the title because he accepted the award on behalf of George W. Romney.
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