WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
The honorees who'll receive medals from Biden “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, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come," the White House said.
Washington is a double Oscar-winning actor, director and producer. He also has a Tony award, two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a longtime spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.— Sister Simone Campbell. Campbell is a member of the Sister of Social Service and a former executive director of NETWRK, a Catholic social justice organization. She is an advocate for economic justice, overhauling the U.S.
— Fred Gray. Gray was one of the first Black members of the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction. He was a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr.— Father Alexander Karloutsos. Karloutsos is the assistant to Archbishop Demetrios of America. The White House said Karloutsos has counseled several U.S. presidents.
— Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup soccer champion captains the OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League. She is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights who has appeared at Biden's White House.
Enough! A book By Mark Kelly Gabrielle Gifford. she was the target of a Mass shooting by a deranged gun man. An American journey interrupted by gun fire. Cop killer bullets that can penetrate a bulletproof vest can still be purchased in Arizona. She's the only one to address it
I don’t care about this! It’s a Biden thing…!
Honored by the Democrats ... after the party McCain voted alongside, gave us Trump, gave us a corrupt Supreme Court, gave us Hell Unleashed Season One. Yeah, the system is not rigged at all... 5'Elon
yvonnewingett It’s what Dem Rats do, give each other awards, because no one else will !!!
*President Biden is going to award the medal of freedom to a Warhawk who thought freedom was a 3000lb bomb dropped on people in another country?
Yessss so mark kelly can pass whatever bill he wants
🤮🤮🤮🤮
Republicans doing what they do best.
firstofequals Lol
Gross and Gross 🤮🤮🤮
Pathom3333 Why a dead person! There are other living people I'm sure who deserve it
Nothing for Drugs Limbaugh?
yvonnewingett Oh, she can win the freedom. Here is the principled Giffords before a tough general election, with a so-called 'assault rifle.'
Why?
Why?
PUKE!!
No one cares! We are all tying to forget and distance ourselves from McCain.
Too bad trumps recipients really lessened the prestige and of that award.
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