While the move drew applause from Republicans, it drew the ire of some Democrats and advocates for marginalized groups and issues.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who skipped the address, said in an Instagram video that the medal is"extraordinarily sacred" as anyone awarded it is in the ranks of iconic figures such as Rosa Parks.
Biden praised McGee as"the real American hero in the gallery," while calling Limbaugh"a conservative media personality who has done as much as Trump himself to divide our nation." Ilyse Hogue, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, cited in a statement one such instance in 2012 when Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, then a Georgetown University law student, a"slut" after she argued to Congress that birth control should be covered by her employer's health care plan.to Fluke and said his"choice of words was not the best," although he had repeated the claim in various forms multiple times.
Radio personality Rush Limbaugh reacts as First Lady Melania Trump gives him the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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