Biden Is Giving the Second Highest Civilian Award to the Leaders of the Jan. 6 Congressional Panel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Biden is also giving the award to attorney Mary Bonauto, who fought to legalize same-sex marriage, and Evan Wolfson, a leader of the marriage equality movement.
32% : 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.
29% : "Biden last year honored people who were involved in defending the Capitol from the rioters, or who helped safeguard the will of American voters during the 2020 presidential election, when Trump tried and failed to overturn the results.
20% : President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson -- the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by Donald Trump's supporters, and who Trump has said should be jailed.
18% : Biden has been considering whether to offer preemptive pardons to Cheney and others Trump has targeted.
13% : 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 takes office.

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