{"id":2236809,"date":"2024-05-03T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-awards-medal-of-freedom-to-bloomberg-gore-pelosi-and-kerry\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T18:30:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:30:50","slug":"biden-awards-medal-of-freedom-to-bloomberg-gore-pelosi-and-kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-awards-medal-of-freedom-to-bloomberg-gore-pelosi-and-kerry\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden honors Bloomberg, Gore, Pelosi, and Kerry with Medal of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-awards-medal-of-freedom-to-bloomberg-gore-pelosi-and-kerry%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=2236809&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 \u200cJoe Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom \u2062to 19 distinguished individuals at the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jews-are-literally-being-singled-out-and-attacked-on-the-streets\/\" title=\"Jews Are Literally Being Singled Out And Attacked On The Streets\">including politicians<\/a>, activists, actors, and athletes.\u200c Notable recipients included Nancy Pelosi, \u2064Al\u200b Gore, and Michael Bloomberg. The honorees also featured pioneers like Michelle Yeoh and Ellen Ochoa. Biden praised their relentless curiosity and hope \u2062for a better future. Your\u200c summary provides a concise overview of President Joe Biden awarding the Presidential Medal of\u2063 Freedom to 19 notable individuals at the White House.\u200c Recipients span various fields, with prominent figures like Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, and Michael\u2062 Bloomberg among them. Pioneers such as\u200b Michelle Yeoh and Ellen Ochoa were also recognized, with Biden commending their dedication to progress and \u200coptimism for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-evasion-here-are-the-places-kamala-harris-has-gone-instead-of-the-border\/\" title=\"Border Evasion? Here Are The Places Kamala Harris Has Gone Instead Of The Border\">brighter tomorrow<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 former and current politicians, activists, actors, and athletes Friday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>, a ceremony Biden referred to as one of his favorite events of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Biden notably bestowed the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-prayers-are-with-rush-limbaughs-producer-issues-statement-amid-radio-hosts-absence\/\" title=\"\u2018Our Prayers Are With Rush\u2019: Limbaugh\u2019s Producer Issues Statement Amid Radio Host\u2019s Absence\">highest civilian honor<\/a> on political allies, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), former Vice President Al Gore, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who ran against Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p>The president posthumously honored civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Ever, multisport athlete Jim Thorpe, and former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, whom Biden served with in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s honorees also featured two female \u201cfirsts,\u201d Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress, and Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel to space.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">biden<\/a>-meets-with-victims-families-in-buffalo-dubs-attack-domestic-terrorism\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Biden Meets With Victims\u2019 Families In Buffalo, Dubs Attack \u2018Domestic Terrorism\u2019&#8221;>president opened<\/a> his remarks by quoting writer E.B. White, a member of the first Presidential Medal of Freedom class in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelentless curiosity, inventiveness, ingenuity have led to deep trouble. You can only hope that these same traits will enable us to claw our way out,\u201d Biden recited. \u201cHang on to your hat, hang on to your hope, wind the clock, and tomorrow is another day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have another extraordinary honor to bestow the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor on 19 incredible people whose relentless curiosity, inventiveness, ingenuity, and hope have kept faith for a better tomorrow,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Biden did have one slip-up while discussing the accomplishments of Olympian Katie Ledeky, stating that he was excited to host her at the White House after she competes in the Paralympics, as opposed to the 2024 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I had to keep doing when I was writing these introductions was make them shorter and shorter and shorter,\u201d the president joked in closing. \u201cThere\u2019s so much more to say for each one of them, but we\u2019d be here for 12 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>The full list of Friday\u2019s recipients:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Rev. Gregory Boyle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former North Carolina Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phil Donahue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former Vice President Al Gore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clarence Jones<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former Secretary of State John Kerry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Opal Lee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ellen Ochoa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jane Rigby<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Teresa Romero<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Judy Shepard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle Yeoh<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Posthumous recipients:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Medgar Wiley Evers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former New Jersey Democratic Sen.<\/strong> <strong>Frank Lautenberg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jim Thorpe<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden\u2019s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"aqBVADKnNzM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aqBVADKnNzM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals, a diverse group of former and current leaders, activists, and artists at the White House. The ceremony was a highlight for Biden, who honored allies like former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, showcasing the nation&#8217;s highest civilian accolade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2236810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24124779436042.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24124779436042.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236809","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}