{"id":1535661,"date":"2022-07-01T16:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535661"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:06:16","slug":"bidens-medal-of-freedom-honorees-include-gold-star-dad-who-feuded-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-medal-of-freedom-honorees-include-gold-star-dad-who-feuded-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Medal Of Freedom Honorees Include Gold Star Dad Who Feuded With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-medal-of-freedom-honorees-include-gold-star-dad-who-feuded-with-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535661&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden released a list on Friday, naming seventeen people he planned to present with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony scheduled to take place following the July 4th holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/president-joe-biden-accuses-supreme-court-of-destabilizing-the-country-by-overturning-roe-v-wade\/\">Biden<\/a> himself is a recipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/01\/12\/509545778\/in-surprise-send-off-president-obama-awards-biden-presidential-medal-of-freedom\">Medal of Freedom<\/a>, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, which was awarded in 2017 by former President Barack Obama to honor his service both in the Senate and in the Vice Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,\u201d the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/07\/01\/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/\">statement<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden has long said that America can be defined by one word: possibilities. These seventeen Americans demonstrate the power of possibilities and embody the soul of the nation \u2013 hard work, perseverance, and faith. They have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities \u2013 and across the world \u2013 while blazing trails for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN is giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Gabby Giffords, Simone Biles, Steve Jobs, John McCain, Megan Rapinoe, Alan Simpson, Richard Trumka and Denzel Washington. Among others<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1542886205330800641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list of recipients, who will receive the award in a ceremony at the White House on July 7, is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/gold-medalist-simone-biles-scores-of-gymnasts-seek-1b-from-fbi-in-nassar-case\/\">Simone Biles<\/a>, the most decorated gymnast in history.Sister Simone Campbell, the former executive director of a Catholic social justice advocacy group.Dr. Julieta Garcia, the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of a universityFormer Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/feelings-over-facts-wapo-reporter-blames-right-hank-berrien\/\">Gabrielle Giffords<\/a> (D-AZ), a survivor of gun violence.Fred Gray, \u201cone of the first black members of the Alabama State legislature after Reconstruction.\u201dSteve Jobs, founder and longtime head of Apple, Inc., and CEO of PIXAR animation studios.Father Alexander Karloutsos, former Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/muslim-gold-star-father-trump-black-soul-robert-kraychik\/\">Khzir Khan<\/a>, a Gold Star father \u2014 who famously feuded with former President Donald Trump after speaking at the Democratic National Convention \u2014 and founder of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Center.Sandra Lindsay, a \u201ccritical care nurse from New York who served on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and was the first to receive the vaccine\u201d after clinical trials.<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/mike-pence-honor-senator-john-mccain-special-jacob-airey\/\">John McCain<\/a>, the late U.S. Senator (R-AZ) who was awarded a Purple Heart with one gold star after serving in Vietnam and spending time as a prisoner of war.Diane Nash, a \u201cfounding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\u201d who organized a number of civil rights campaigns.<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-reacts-to-backlash-says-media-needs-to-get-better-with-criticism-of-womens-sports\/\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a>, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women\u2019s World Cup champion, and a vocal advocate for gender pay equality.Alan Simpson, former U.S. Senator (D-WY), and advocate for campaign finance reform and marriage equality.<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/top-union-leader-slams-bidens-job-killing-order-cost-us-jobs-needs-to-consider-future-of-country\/\">Richard Trumka<\/a>, president of the AFL-CIO for more than ten years, president of the United Mine Workers, and secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO.Brigadier General Wilma Vaught, \u201cone of the most decorated women in the history of the U.S. military.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-devil-got-ahold-of-him-denzel-washington-says-prayer-is-the-only-solution-after-will-smith-slap\/\">Denzel Washington<\/a>, an \u201cactor, director, and producer who has won two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globes, and the 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.\u201dRa\u00fal Yzaguirre, a \u201ccivil rights advocate who served as CEO and president of National Council of La Raza for thirty years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden released a list on Friday, naming seventeen people he planned to present with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony scheduled to take place following the July 4th holiday weekend. Biden himself is a recipient of the Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, which was awarded in 2017 by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1535730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1535730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}