Former Barack Obama staffers poked fun at President Joe Biden for awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). The trio, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, and Jon Lovett, jokingly criticized the medal process and the selection of Cheney over the Medal of Freedom.
President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney , R-Wyo., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Washington. Former Barack Obama staffers poked fun at President Joe Biden for awarding a second-highest civilian medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney over the weekend.with the Presidential Citizens Medal on Saturday.
Co-host Jon Favreau explained that Cheney did not get the highest civilian honor, which is the Medal of Freedom. He then joked that Cheney would appreciate a pardon instead of a medal, alluding to President-elect Donald Trump’s“Liz Cheney didn’t get the Medal of Freedom. She got the one that was like, just below it, which also, by the way, pissed off some resistance,” Favreau said.The trio of co-hosts laughed about the situation, with Jon Lovett questioning why there is a “silver” medal in this.
Biden also gave the Presidential Citizens Medal to Rep. Bennie Thompson , who led the effort alongside Cheney to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol. Trump has suggested that members of the congressional committee should “Biden gave Liz Cheney a Medal yesterday, even though she has proven to be totally corrupt. She, ‘Bennie’ Thompson, and the rest of the Unselect Committee, destroyed and deleted all evidence from their crooked investigation of January 6th. Cheney has the distinction of losing her Congressional seat by the largest margin in History!” he wrote.
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