Antonin Scalia, Elvis Presley Among This Year's Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

Townhall.com ^ | November 11, 2018 | Timothy Meads

[Kaslin]

The White House announced yesterday that there will be 7 recipients of this year' Medal of Freedom including three posthumous winners. 

White House announces POTUS to give presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to:

Elvis Presley
Babe Ruth
Antonin Scalia
Roger Staubach
Alan Page
Orrin Hatch
Miriam Adelson— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2018

As noted by Vanity Fair, "The celebrity honorees will include Elvis Presley, for defining American culture and noting his service in the Army; Babe Ruth because, as the White House noted in its announcement, “he remains the personification of “America’s Pastime;” former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach; and former Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Alan Page, who was later served as the first African American judge on the state's supreme court." 

Like wise, "philanthropist Miriam Adelson, who founded research centers committed to fighting substance abuse and co-founded the Adelson Medical Research Foundation, which does research on life-threatening" illnesses. She’s the wife of casino magnate and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson."

The late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will also receive the award. His son, Christopher, expressed is appreciation via Twitter and his approval that his father will receive it the same year as the King of Rock and Roll.

Very proud that my father will receive the Medal of Freedom. That he’s getting it with Elvis is icing on the cake. https://t.co/BBkjfUEGRx— Christopher J. Scalia (@cjscalia) November 10, 2018

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, is retiring after 41 years in the U.S. Senate and will be honored as well. 

The ceremony will occur this Friday, November 16th. The Presidential Medal of Freedom was established in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy.

[fhayek]

Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley died on the same date - August 16th.

[Lisbon1940]

Two of them are NFL players. They didn’t kneel themselves but bring kneeling to mind.

[Elderberry]

Among the living recipients, Trump named Miriam Adelson, “a committed doctor, philanthropist, and humanitarian.” Some of the causes Adelson supports are “Jewish schools, Holocaust memorial organizations, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and Birthright Israel.” The official statement doesn’t note, however, that Adelson and her husband billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson together are the largest donors to the Republican Party and Trump, forking over about $100 million to the GOP in 2018 alone.

https://qz.com/1459384/trump-has-elvis-scalia-babe-ruth-adelson-for-medals-of-freedom/

[mainerforglobalwarming]

Congrats to Miriam Adelson.

[Proud White Trump Supporter]

I wonder if Pricilla and Lisa Marie will be there, especially after Lisa Marie squandered her inheritance down to a whopping $16,000 last year?

[namvolunteer]

Name living Americans from our side like Jim Robinson. Sarah Palin, James O’Keefe, Pamela Geller, Gov. LePage, Sheriff Arpaio, Jerome Corsi, Cardinal Burke, Rush Limbaugh, (Seth Rich), Mark Steyn, Tom Brady and Bill Belichek, James Woods, etc.
Sheeesh, do I have to do all the thinking around here?

[namvolunteer]

Name living Americans from our side like Jim Robinson. Sarah Palin, James O’Keefe, Pamela Geller, Gov. LePage, Sheriff Arpaio, Jerome Corsi, Cardinal Burke, Rush Limbaugh, (Seth Rich), Mark Steyn, Tom Brady and Bill Belichek, James Woods, etc.
Sheeesh, do I have to do all the thinking around here?

[SMGFan]

“Suspicious Minds”: Trump accused of racism for honoring Elvis, as he awards Medal of Freedom to Babe Ruth, Scalia

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-accused-of-racism-for-honoring-elvis-as-he-awards-medal-of-freedom-to-babe-ruth-scalia