Biden honors Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson with presidential medal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Biden on Thursday also gave the presidential award to attorney Mary Bonauto, who fought to legalize same-sex marriage, and Evan Wolfson, a leader of the marriage equality movement.
44% : As well as the prominent co-chairs of that committee, other recipients included Americans who successfully fought for marriage equality for same-sex couples to become legal.
39% : During an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Trump said: "Cheney did something that's inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps," claiming without evidence they "deleted and destroyed" testimony they collected.
38% : "Biden last year honored people who were involved in defending the US Capitol from the rioters who stormed the building on that January 6, hunting down fleeing lawmakers and invading the House chamber, which moments before had been packed for the ceremony to officially certify Biden's win over Trump in the 2020 election, or otherwise safeguarded the election result.
37% : Trump, who takes office again on 20 January after winning last November's election, has said the leaders of that committee, which published its conclusions in December 2022 after a series of high-profile public hearings, should be jailed, not rewarded.
18% : Trump still refuses to back away from his lies about the 2020 presidential race and has said he would pardon the rioters once he takes office.
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.
7% : Thompson wrote that Trump "lit that fire".Cheney later said she would vote for the Democratic vice-president, Kamala Harris, in the 2024 presidential race and even campaigned with her after being fiercely critical of Trump post-January 6.Biden has been considering whether to offer pre-emptive pardons to Cheney and others Trump has targeted.

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