President Joe Biden took a wave of backlash after it was announced on Thursday that he planned to honor Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) with the Presidential Citizens Medal before he leaves office.
“Throughout two decades in public service, including as a congresswoman for Wyoming and vice chair of the committee on the Jan. 6 attack, Liz Cheney has raised her voice — and reached across the aisle — to defend our nation and the ideals we stand for: Freedom. Dignity. And decency,” the White House said of the former Wyoming congresswoman, who was routed in the 2022 Republican primary after she voluntarily joined the lopsided January 6th Committee. “Her integrity and intrepidness remind us all what is possible if we work together.”
Biden also plans to award Rep. Thompson, who chaired the January 6th Committee, along with 18 others.
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