Trump Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Happy birthday, my Charlie.
70% : I want you to eat a cupcake with ice cream, and I want you to go have a birthday surprise.'
67% : Erika Kirk thanked the president, saying, "Thank you, Mr. President, for honoring my husband in such a profound and meaningful way, and thank you for making this event a priority amid the peace process in the Middle East.
53% : As CNN reported, Trump has announced his intention to present future awards to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former HUD Secretary Ben Carson.
50% : " Trump, who returned from the Middle East around 3 a.m. Tuesday, told attendees, "I was going to call Erika and say, 'Erika, could you maybe move it to Friday?'" He added that it was a "definite" decision to make it back for the event, which coincided with what would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday.
50% : "I would not have missed this moment for anything in the world, nothing," Trump said.
50% : " Trump called his death "a horrible, heinous, demonic act of murder," adding that "he was assassinated in the prime of his life for boldly speaking the truth.
50% : During his remarks, Trump credited Kirk for energising young voters and said his efforts were instrumental in securing electoral support from younger Americans.
50% : " CNN reported that Trump used the moment to denounce what he described as violence from "far-left radicals," calling their ideology "the devil's ideology.
50% : " She recalled that her husband often prayed for his opponents, prompting Trump to smile.
38% : At Kirk's funeral, Trump had remarked that, unlike Kirk, "I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them.
21% : " However, CNN noted that available data does not support Trump's claims that political violence is primarily perpetrated by left-wing groups.

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