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Topic: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Erika Kirk, wife of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, becomes emotional as she speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump questions Kirk characterization

Alex Galbraith
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during AI's Impact on the 2024 Global Elections Livestream at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs on March 28, 2024 in New York City. (Shahar Azran/Getty Images)

Biden grants Medals of Freedom to 19

Griffin Eckstein
Dolly Parton performs at the 2021 Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye Concert at CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on October 24, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Why Dolly turned down Rock Hall of Fame

Joy Saha
Dolly Parton attends a press conference before a performance celebrating her 50-year anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry at The Grand Ole Opry on October 12, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Why Dolly refused medal of freedom twice

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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First Lady Melania Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh as his wife Kathryn watches during the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Rush: America not ready for gay POTUS

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh (AP Photo/Salon)

Trump gives Limbaugh Medal of Freedom

Matthew Rozsa
Antonin Scalia, Donald Trump (Reuters/Brendan McDermid/AP/Paul Sancya/Photo montage by Salon)

The people Trump awards medals

E. Fletcher McClellan, Christopher Devine, Kyle C. Kopko - The Conversation
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Brendan Gauthier
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