President Joe Biden announced Saturday that he’ll award failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and billionaire Democrat megadonor George Soros, among others, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest civilian honor.
The decision to award the medal to such partisan figures falls in line with Biden’s recent announcement to award J6 Select Committee leaders Liz Cheney, a former congresswoman, and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) with Presidential Citizens Medals.
In a press release, the White House cited Clinton’s “decades in public service” and her historic win as the first female presidential nominee for any major U.S. political party — which was not without controversy.
Notably, Clinton took a loss to incoming President-elect Donald Trump during the 2016 election, and bitterly protested the loss for years, blaming Russia, the FBI, and other…
