MAGA-world in meltdown after George Soros awarded the Medal of Freedom

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Financier and philanthropist George Soros was awarded the Medal of Freedom on Saturday, causing outrage among conservatives open image in gallery Alexander Soros accepted the medal on behalf of his father at a White House ceremony on Saturday “Congratulations to George Soros - w/profound gratitude for his contributions to voting rights, economic opportunity & his dogged insistence that a just society reflect diversity, promote equity and practice inclusion,” voting rights activist Stacey Abrams wrote on X. “American values he champions in word and deed.” “My father is an American patriot who has spent his life fighting for freedom and human rights,” his son Alex Soros wrote on X. “I am incredibly proud that his legacy is now recognized with our nation’s highest civilian honor.” Alex Soros accepted the award on his father’s behalf during a ceremony on Saturday. During the Medal of Freedom ceremony on Saturday in the White House, Soros was introduced as an individual whose “generosity reminds us all of our capacity and our obligation to stand up to the abuse of power and to be guardians of democracy and all people yearning to be free.” Other Medal of Freedom winners who received the honor alongside Soros include Bono, Hillary Clinton, Earvin “Magic Johnson,” and Michael J.