President Biden will present the Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients next week, including gymnast Simon Bailes, football star Megan Rapino, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and more.
Byles, who together won 32 Olympic and world medals, testified before Congress about sexual abuse perpetrated by Dr. Larry Nassar and was an advocate for the mental health of athletes and children in foster care.
Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion, speaks publicly about gender pay equality, racial injustice and LGBTQ issues. He was publicly fighting the Trump administration. When Team USA was in the quarterfinals in 2019, Rapino said that she wouldn’t “go to the White House” if her team won.
Trump called her the “purple-haired woman” who leads the “Left Maniac” team.
In addition to awarding the medal to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs upon birth, the White House will honor the late Republican Senator John McCain and the late Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO, former head of the world’s largest trading company federation. unions
McCain and Biden were close in Senate days, with Biden naming his wife Cindy as ambassador to UN agencies in Rome.
The medal will also be presented to actress Denzel Washington, and the White House noted that in addition to her film career, she worked for 25 years as a national speaker for the Boys and Girls Club.
Former congresswoman Gabi Giffords, who was shot and now leads an organization dedicated to the prevention of gun violence, will receive the medal, as will lawyer and civil rights activist Freddie Gray.
The ceremony will take place next week, July 7.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Senator John McCain will receive the Medal of Freedom next week
Megan Rapino, who traded darts with Trump during his administration, will receive the medal
Simone Byles, who has jointly won 32 Olympic and world medals, testified before Congress about sexual harassment by Dr. Larry Nassar and was an advocate for athletes’ mental health and social work. He will receive the medal next week.
Actress Denzel Washington will receive the medal after a career in film and as a speaker for the Boys and Girls Club.
Source: Daily Mail
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