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Miles Archer

(20,538 posts)
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:25 PM Tuesday

People JOKED about Trump giving Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously. It's no longer a joke.

Trump posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony Tuesday.

In remarks, Trump remembered Kirk as an “amazing person” who was “way, way beyond his years.”

“Charlie is attaining a far more important milestone,” Trump said at the ceremony. “We are entering his name forever into the eternal roster of true American heroes. He’s a true American hero.”

The event is being held in the Rose Garden. Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s wife, walked out with Trump, dressed in black, and accepted the medal on her husband’s behalf.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-news-10-14-25?post-id=cmgqtypux000i3b6p1re3dio2

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People JOKED about Trump giving Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously. It's no longer a joke. (Original Post) Miles Archer Tuesday OP
"We are entering his name forever into the eternal roster of true American heroes. He's a true American hero." BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #1
Who? malaise Tuesday #3
Rump Awards Residential Freedom Medal to Yet Another Bigot B.See Tuesday #11
Epstein files please. NoMoreRepugs Tuesday #2
Deplorables being deplorable. IcyPeas Tuesday #6
There's an 'eternal roster of true American heroes'? Oeditpus Rex Tuesday #4
Nobody joked about it; everyone knew he was going to do it Prairie Gates Tuesday #5
Precisely. And the conniving B.See Tuesday #8
I joked about it BRIEFLY. Then I remembered LIMBAUGH. Miles Archer Tuesday #13
Did anyone ever think it was a joke? sarisataka Tuesday #7
The only joke was that Kirk would deserve it! Jack Valentino Tuesday #10
Before he leaves office (if he survives), he will probably give it to every pardoned J6 rioter! Jack Valentino Tuesday #9
and Rittenhouse, Zimmerman and Chauvin as well. La Coliniere Tuesday #12

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,713 posts)
1. "We are entering his name forever into the eternal roster of true American heroes. He's a true American hero."
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:28 PM
Tuesday

He was a first class bigot

B.See

(7,036 posts)
11. Rump Awards Residential Freedom Medal to Yet Another Bigot
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 08:15 PM
Tuesday

Kirk and Limbaugh. What else is new??

Oeditpus Rex

(42,979 posts)
4. There's an 'eternal roster of true American heroes'?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:59 PM
Tuesday

Where is it? Who keeps it? Who else is on it?

B.See

(7,036 posts)
8. Precisely. And the conniving
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 08:12 PM
Tuesday

fkr waited until AFTER the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to do so.

Miles Archer

(20,538 posts)
13. I joked about it BRIEFLY. Then I remembered LIMBAUGH.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 08:47 PM
Tuesday

Didn't come to me immediately, but it came soon after the incident. I saw Limbaugh getting that medal around his neck in my mind's eye, then knew Trump would do this.

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