Biden awards the 2nd highest civilian award to leaders of the Jan. 6 committee and 18 others - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Biden also awarded the medal to attorney Mary Bonauto, who fought to legalize same-sex marriage, and Evan Wolfson, a leader of the marriage equality movement.
28% : Thompson wrote that Trump "lit that fire.
25% : Biden has been considering whether to offer preemptive pardons to Cheney and others Trump has targeted.
17% : "Biden last year honored people who were involved in defending the Capitol from a mob of angry Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, or who helped safeguard the will of American voters during the 2020 presidential election, when Trump tried and failed to overturn the results.
14% : The committee's final report asserted that Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the election he lost to Biden and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol.
14% : "Trump, who won the 2024 election and will take office Jan. 20, still refuses to back away from his lies about the 2020 presidential race and has said he would pardon the rioters once he is back in the White House.

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