WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people, including Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and, posthumously, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and former Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
He continued,"That's the soul of our nation. That's who we are as Americans. And that's what we see: An extraordinary, extraordinary group of Americans up here on this stage that I have the honor to recognize today with the presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian award." Megan Rapinoe, a member of the US women's national soccer team who is an Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, is the first female soccer player to receive the medal. Biden also noted Biles, 25, is the youngest person to ever receive the award.
Lindsay told CNN's Boris Sanchez on Thursday that she wanted to use her platform to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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Way to make a distinguished award so meaningless now
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So basically this award is completely meaningless. Ok got it.
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Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Simone Biles, Denzel Washington, late John McCainPresident Biden will present 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
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