Social media erupted in anger Saturday morning with news that President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and left-wing billionaire George Soros.
The award, the nation’s highest civilian honor, is given to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal, public or private endeavors, the White House said in a statement.
Tesla founder Elon Musk led the furious outcry, labeling the decision to award Soros the honor as “a travesty.”
Musk shared a video clip of himself on Joe Rogan’s podcast, where he said he believed that Soros “fundamentally hates humanity.”
“He’s doing things that erode the fabric of civilization. You know, getting DAs elected who refuse to prosecute crime,” he says in the clip.
PRESIDENT BIDEN AWARDS MEDAL OF HONOR TO SEVEN ARMY VETERANS
On Saturday, President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left-wing billionaire George Soros, and 17 others at a ceremony at the White House. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images, left, Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images, bottom right, Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images, top right, Getty, inset. )
Online commentator Blake Habyan wrote, “What a joke — these people have done the exact opposite of what the award is intended for,” while Natalie F. Danelishen wrote that the news could be a Babylon Bee story given how unbelievable it is.
“Seriously, two of the worst people on earth,” she wrote.
Clinton, the White House said, made “history many times over decades in public service” and the first female senator from New York and the first First Lady to hold elected office.
After serving as Secretary of State, she became the first woman nominated for president by a major United States political party. As the Democrat nominee, she lost her bid to be the country’s first female…
