{"id":2385780,"date":"2025-01-02T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-awards-liz-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T23:57:54","slug":"biden-awards-liz-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-awards-liz-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden awards Liz Cheney Presidential Citizens Medal &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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-liz-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner%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=2385780&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>In a recent White House ceremony, President Biden \u200cawarded Liz Cheney, a former \u200cRepublican Representative \u2062from \u200bWyoming and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">prominent figure<\/a> on the January 6 committee, with the Presidential Citizens Medal.\u2064 This recognition highlights her significant contributions in addressing the events surrounding the Capitol riots. Alongside her, Rep. Bennie Thompson from Mississippi, a fellow committee \u200cmember,\u200d also received praise for their efforts in uncovering the truth related to the insurrection. The ceremony underscores the bipartisan\u200d acknowledgment of the importance\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-regularly-consults-with-dark-money-funded-green-groups\/\" title=\"Pete Buttigieg Regularly Consults With Dark Money-Funded Green Groups\">upholding democratic values<\/a> and accountability.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden awards Liz Cheney Presidential Citizens Medal in White House ceremony<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1927526\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two top Jan. 6 committee lawmakers, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, were part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">group awarded<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-gives-cities-more-power-to-ban-homeless-camps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court gives cities more power to ban homeless camps - Washington Examiner\">nation&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s second-highest civilian honor by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Thompson and Cheney, awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, have both been floated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3251760\/biden-gambles-preemptive-pardons-shield-democrats-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"pardon candidates\">pardon candidates<\/a> in Biden&rsquo;s final days in office. Allies of President-elect Donald Trump have suggested that the incoming administration could pursue charges against Cheney and Thompson, in addition to a lengthy list of Trump&rsquo;s perceived enemies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3233838\/which-jan-6-defendants-could-see-pardons\/\"><strong>WHICH JAN. 6 DEFENDERS COULD SEE PARDONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump himself has suggested that Cheney, Thompson, and other members of the Jan. 6 committee should be jailed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together, you embody, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, the central truth of our great nation,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-teacher-union-president-disgusted-that-schools-are-reopening\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Teacher Union President \u2018Disgusted\u2019 That Schools Are Reopening\">president told<\/a> the gathered group Thursday evening. &ldquo;Our democracy begins and ends with the duties of citizenship. That&rsquo;s our work for the ages. That&rsquo;s what all of you, I mean this, all of you embody.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cheney earned a lengthy ovation while being awarded her medal, praised in her introduction as putting &ldquo;the American people over party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3262781\/trump-lawsuits-justice-department-muzzle-fake-news\/\"><strong>TRUMP LOOKS TO LAWSUITS AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MUZZLE &lsquo;FAKE NEWS&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House announcer similarly honored Thompson for &ldquo;his&nbsp;lifelong dedication to safeguarding our Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In total, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3274035\/biden-award-presidential-citizens-medal-jan-6-committee-heads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"awarded 20 Presidential Citizens Medals\">awarded 20 Presidential Citizens Medals<\/a> on Thursday at the White House. Notable recipients included attorney Mary Bonauto, NBA champion and former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bill Bradley, and nurse Diane Carlson Evans, the founder of the Vietnam Women&rsquo;s Memorial Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden&rsquo;s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"gcxiIPcB73s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Delivers Remarks at a Presidential Citizens Medal Ceremony\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gcxiIPcB73s?feature=oembed&amp;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><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1927526\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1927526\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden honors Liz Cheney with Presidential Citizens Medal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2385781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Liz-Cheney-medal-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,40143,47752,32076],"class_list":["post-2385780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-liz-cheney","tag-presidential-citizens-medal","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Liz-Cheney-medal-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385780","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=2385780"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385784,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385780\/revisions\/2385784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}