President Joe Biden has led the Congressional investigation into the violent U.S. Capitol riot by Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, and has argued that President Trump should be jailed, along with Liz Cheney. and awards Bennie Thompson the second-highest civilian decoration.
At a ceremony at the White House on Thursday, Biden was joined by former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D), an American who fought for marriage equality, a pioneer in the care of wounded soldiers and a longtime friend of the president. The President's National Medal is scheduled to be awarded to 20 people, including Mr. Dell, Chris Dodd Democratic Party
“President Biden believes these Americans are bonded by common sense and a dedication to serving others,” the White House said in a statement. “This country is better because of their dedication and sacrifice.”
Biden named those who helped protect the Capitol from rioters last year and those who helped protect the will of American voters during the 2020 presidential election, when President Trump unsuccessfully tried to overturn the results. Praise.
Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, and Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, led the House committee investigating the riot.
Later, Cheney angered Trump by saying she would vote for and campaign with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Mr. Biden has been considering whether to grant preemptive pardons to Mr. Cheney and others targeted by Mr. Trump.
President Trump, who won the 2024 election and will be inaugurated as president on January 20, still refuses to recant his lies about the 2020 presidential election and says he will pardon the rioters once he takes office. .
In an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” Trump said, “Cheney, along with Thompson and the rest of the unelected committee of political thugs, did something that is unforgivable. You know, it's creepy.” and claimed without evidence that they had “deleted” it. They collected the testimonies they collected.
“Honestly, they should go to jail,” he said.
Biden also presented the award to Mary Bonauto, a lawyer who fought to legalize same-sex marriage, and Evan Wolfson, a leader in the marriage equality movement.
Other honorees include Frank Butler, who set new standards for the use of tourniquets for war injuries; Diane Carlson Evans served as a military nurse during the Vietnam War and founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation. and Eleanor Smeal, an activist who led women's rights protests and fought for equal pay in the 1970s.
He also presented awards to photographer Bobby Sager, academics Thomas Valerie and Paula Wallace, and National Breast Cancer Federation President Frances Visco.
Other former members of Congress honored include former Sen. Bill Bradley, Democrat of New Jersey. Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, the first woman to serve in the Kansas House of Representatives. Former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) defended gun safety measures after her son and husband were shot and killed.
Biden plans to pay tribute to the four men after their deaths. Joseph Galloway is a former war correspondent who wrote about the first major battle in Vietnam in his book “Once a Soldier…And When I Was Young.'' civil rights activist and lawyer Louis Lorenzo Redding; Collins Seitz, former Delaware judge. and Mitsue Endo Tsutsumi, who was detained along with other Japanese Americans during World War II and protested her detention.
Established by President Richard Nixon in 1969, the Presidential Civilian Medal is America's second highest civilian honor, after the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The award is given to those who have “performed exemplary acts of service to their country or fellow countrymen.”
