Biden’s Final Picks for the Medal of Freedom Show Democrats Are ‘Out of Touch,’ Columnist Says

A Politico columnist criticized president biden for his final choice of Medal of Freedom recipients, which included liberal figures such as Hillary Clinton and billionaire George Soros.

Politico senior editor Michael Schaffer wrote that Biden’s award choices send a strong signal that Democrats are “out of touch” and argued that honor, once above politics, has now become another political battleground.

“The Presidential Medal of Freedom award is the nation’s highest civilian honor and is awarded to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values ​​or security of the United States, world peace, or other social, public endeavors. or important private companies,” said White House he said in a statement.

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Schaffer wrote that Biden’s pick, announced on Jan. 4, actually showed a group of winners who failed to defeat President-elect Trump during the campaign.

“For all their cultural and humanitarian achievements, Wintour and Andrés don’t exactly sell products that ordinary Americans can afford,” Schaffer wrote. “The Republicanism of the Romney and Cheney families lost elections because they were unpopular. (This year, Cheney’s endorsement did not help the Democratic candidate either.)”

Former Sen. Mitt Romney posthumously accepted a medal on behalf of his late father, George Romney, the three-term Republican governor of Michigan.

“For some Republicans, who reacted particularly against the inclusion of George Soros, the funder of liberal causes and longtime target of the conservative smear campaign, it felt like trolling,” Schaffer wrote.

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“Worse still, the policy is unlikely to help Biden’s party or his legacy,” the columnist added.

He said that without Biden overcoming the political fight in Washington, D.C., “the honorees also feel like a last-minute political insult to the incoming administration.”

“It feels a little rude to skin a outgoing president “For celebrating your own favorites as the curtain falls, especially since, in this case, the winners overcome the hurdle of having spent years at the top of their fields,” Schaffer wrote. “However, the overtly political vibe marks a disregard for the nation’s highest civilian honor, which is meant to celebrate great contributions to America.”

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Political commentators and Biden opponents used the event to attack the president, with billionaire Elon Musk emerging as one of the most prominent voices to attack megadonor George Soros in particular.

“It’s a travesty that Biden is giving Soros the Medal of Freedom,” Musk published in X last week in response to the news that the nation’s highest civilian honor would be presented to Soros, whose massive financial empire has funded progressive politicians’ campaigns, legislation, ballot measures and initiatives.

Fox News’ Michael Dorgon and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.