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Miles Archer

(20,617 posts) Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:25 PM Oct 14

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

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. [View all] Miles Archer Oct 14 OP

"We are entering his name forever into the eternal roster of true American heroes. He's a true American hero." BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 14 #1

Who? malaise Oct 14 #3

Rump Awards Residential Freedom Medal to Yet Another Bigot B.See Oct 14 #11

Epstein files please. NoMoreRepugs Oct 14 #2

Deplorables being deplorable. IcyPeas Oct 14 #6

There's an 'eternal roster of true American heroes'? Oeditpus Rex Oct 14 #4

Nobody joked about it; everyone knew he was going to do it Prairie Gates Oct 14 #5

Precisely. And the conniving B.See Oct 14 #8

I joked about it BRIEFLY. Then I remembered LIMBAUGH. Miles Archer Oct 14 #13

Did anyone ever think it was a joke? sarisataka Oct 14 #7

The only joke was that Kirk would deserve it! Jack Valentino Oct 14 #10

Before he leaves office (if he survives), he will probably give it to every pardoned J6 rioter! Jack Valentino Oct 14 #9

and Rittenhouse, Zimmerman and Chauvin as well. La Coliniere Oct 14 #12

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