{"id":1536544,"date":"2022-07-02T11:19:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1536544"},"modified":"2022-07-02T11:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T15:19:28","slug":"biden-taps-anthem-kneeler-megan-rapinoe-for-nations-highest-civilian-honor-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-anthem-kneeler-megan-rapinoe-for-nations-highest-civilian-honor-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Taps Anthem-Kneeler Megan Rapinoe For Nation\u2019s Highest Civilian Honor, The Presidential Medal Of Freedom"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbiden-taps-anthem-kneeler-megan-rapinoe-for-nations-highest-civilian-honor-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom%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=1536544&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 announced Friday that soccer star and Left-wing political activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/megan-rapinoe\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a>, who famously took a knee during the playing of our national anthem, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s\u00a0highest civilian honor.<\/p>\n<p>The honor will be presented to \u201cindividuals 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 a press release from 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\/\">said<\/a>.<\/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,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThey 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>Describing Rapinoe, the White House said the athlete \u201cis a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice, and LGBTQI+ rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is known for the leftist activism, including her choice to take a knee multiple times during the playing of the national anthem before soccer games. During last year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics, for example, U.S. women\u2019s soccer team captain Rapinoe took a knee before the game with other players to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener\">protest racism,<\/a>\u201d though the protest was not during the anthem.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the forward\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important\">made waves<\/a> when she argued last month that female athletes and their parents need to suck it up over advantages biologically male transgender athletes might have over girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone\u2019s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,\u201d Rapinoe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about people\u2019s lives. I\u2019m sorry, your kid\u2019s high school volleyball team just isn\u2019t that important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think people also need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life, right?\u201d she added. \u201cLife is the most important thing in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably,\u00a0iconic conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former President Donald Trump in 2020, shortly before Limbaugh\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRush, in recognition of all that you have done for our nation, the millions of people a day that you speak to and that you inspire, and all of the incredible work that you have done for charity, I am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country\u2019s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom,\u201d Trump announced.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable figures to receive the award from President Biden include actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles, the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and former U.S. Senator John McCain, who passed away in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important\">Megan Rapinoe Tells Girls, Parents To Suck It Up Over Trans Athletes: \u2018Your Kid\u2019s\u2019 \u2018Volleyball Team Just Isn\u2019t That\u00a0Important\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced Friday that soccer star and Left-wing political activist Megan Rapinoe, who famously took a knee during the playing of our national anthem, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s\u00a0highest civilian honor. The honor will be presented to \u201cindividuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1536574,"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-1536544","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\/1536544","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}