{"id":2386096,"date":"2025-01-03T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-offended-after-j6-committee-members-get-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T12:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:12:31","slug":"republicans-offended-after-j6-committee-members-get-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-offended-after-j6-committee-members-get-presidential-citizens-medal-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans \u2018offended\u2019 after J6 committee members get 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\">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%2Frepublicans-offended-after-j6-committee-members-get-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=2386096&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,\u2064 President Joe Biden\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">awarded<\/a> the Presidential Citizens Medal\u200d too rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and\u200c former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), recognizing\u200c thier contributions to\u200d democracy, especially \u2064in relation to the January 6 Capitol riot. The gesture has drawn notable backlash\u200c from Republican lawmakers and \u2064supporters of Donald Trump,\u2063 who expressed their offense but claimed to be unsurprised by the recognition. Rep. Byron Donalds\u2063 (R-FL) criticized the\u200c January 6 committee as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-significant-circumstantial-evidence-covid-19-originated-from-wuhan-lab-leak\/\" title=\"House Republicans: \u2018Significant Circumstantial Evidence\u2019 COVID-19 Originated From Wuhan Lab Leak\">lacking transparency<\/a> and accused it of being\u2064 politically\u200c motivated against Trump. He expressed disgust at the awards given to Thompson \u200band Cheney. \u2063Additionally,Rep.James Comer\u200c (R-KY)\u2062 labeled the acknowledgment a &#8220;slap\u200b in the face&#8221; to\u200c other Americans, indicating a \u200bdeep divide in perceptions concerning the events\u2062 surrounding January 6 and their aftermath.  <\/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\">Republicans &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">offended&#038;rsquo<\/a>; after J6 committee members get Presidential Citizens Medal<\/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_1927173\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> and supporters of President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> are &lsquo;offended&rsquo; but &lsquo;not surprised&rsquo; after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> awarded Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former Wyoming Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-cheney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liz Cheney<\/a> the Presidential Citizens Medal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Biden bestowed the medals <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">at a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\">White House&nbsp;<\/a>ceremony, where the outgoing president thanked<\/span> Thompson and Cheney for their service to the nation. Both have been discussed as candidates for preemptive pardons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3233838\/which-jan-6-defendants-could-see-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHICH JAN. 6 DEFENDERS COULD SEE PARDONS<\/strong><\/a><\/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; Biden said. &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>Republican lawmakers and Trump supporters did not appear to share the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m highly offended, but I&rsquo;m not surprised,&rdquo; Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Byron-Donalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Byron Donalds<\/a> (R-FL) said during on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;Joe Biden and his White House have lived in the bizarro land, where no other Americans really exist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everybody knows that the fake Jan. 6 committee, the only purpose was to basically put a lot of propaganda out into the information stream to go after and attack Donald Trump,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It failed it completely backfired. They suppressed information, they tampered with evidence&hellip;So, for them to be rewarded for frankly the lack of transparency and honesty they gave to the American people, is disgusting, but why are we surprised?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3227657\/trump-national-security-picks-loyalty-america-first-pro-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY PICKS: LOYALTY, AMERICA FIRST, AND PRO-ISRAEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: &ldquo;Offended&rdquo; &mdash; Fox News panel fumes over Liz Cheney being given Presidential Citizens Medal: &ldquo;I just can&#8217;t believe President Biden would do this.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/enAuaBw4jc\">pic.twitter.com\/enAuaBw4jc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVNewsNow\/status\/1875049408611717506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/James-Comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) called the recognition of Cheney and Thompson a &ldquo;slap in the face to all the good Americans who deserve to be recognized.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every committee in the history of Congress is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-pa-lawsuit-dismissal-moves-us-closer-to-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Trump Lawyers: PA Lawsuit Dismissal Moves Us Closer to Supreme Court\">appointed<\/a> by the speaker and minority leader,&rdquo; according to Comer in the same Fox News appearance as Donalds. &ldquo;Kevin McCarthy appointed good members to that committee, but Nancy Pelosi rejected them because she knew they would be truthful, and they wouldn&rsquo;t go along with the false narrative that the media and the Democrats were trying to create about Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She kicked Jim Jordan and Jim Banks off and put Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger on there who would just go along with all the fake propaganda that the Democrat National Committee and their friends in the left-wing media were spouting out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ted-Cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) echoed Donalds and Comer&rsquo;s criticism of the way the Jan. 6 Committee carried out its actions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3225950\/deporter-chief-what-expect-trump-promised-mass-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TRUMP&rsquo;S MASS DEPORTATION PLAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is truly unbelievable. Liz Cheney tampered with a witness. Outside of DC, that doesn&rsquo;t get you a medal; it gets you jail time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ml6qXVHdMj\">https:\/\/t.co\/ml6qXVHdMj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1874943766211211727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is truly unbelievable,&rdquo; Cruz posted to X. &ldquo;Liz Cheney tampered with a witness. Outside of DC, that doesn&rsquo;t get you a medal; it gets you jail time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Absolutely disgusting. Who wants to bet she&rsquo;ll get a pardon next?&rdquo; one X user asked. &ldquo;This medal is SUPPOSED to be for those who perform &lsquo;exemplary deeds for their country or citizens,&rsquo; but of course, Biden decided to award it to a woman who tried to do his political dirty work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; JUST IN: Joe Biden just awarded Liz Cheney, who LIED and tampered with &ldquo;witnesses&rdquo; in the J6 committee, the Presidential Citizens Medal<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely disgusting. Who wants to bet she&rsquo;ll get a pardon next?<\/p>\n<p>This medal is SUPPOSED to be for those who perform &ldquo;exemplary deeds for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QMNCFnnnrW\">pic.twitter.com\/QMNCFnnnrW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1874949901328494923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;@Liz_Cheney was awarded the Presidential Traitor Award for doing the bidding of her Communist masters,&rdquo; another user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AngelaM39710892\/status\/1875200665317962047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a>. &ldquo;She can hang it on her cell wall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1927173\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1927173\"}});<\/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>Republicans upset after J6 committee members receive Presidential Citizens Medal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2386097,"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":[36978,47752,3756],"class_list":["post-2386096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-january-6","tag-presidential-citizens-medal","tag-republicans"],"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\/2386096","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386100,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386096\/revisions\/2386100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}