Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted President Joe Biden on Saturday for giving Democratic megadonor George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Haley called the move to give the award to Soros “another slap in the face of America” after Biden shockingly pardoned his son Hunter and commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates in the last two months of his time in office.
“Giving George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom is another slap in the face of America after reducing the sentences of murderers and pardoning his son. 16 days is a long time until the Inauguration. What is he capable of sliding in next? January 20th can’t come soon enough,” Haley said, referencing President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Soros, 94, founded Open Society Foundations, which disburses over $1 billion to left-wing causes and organizations like the pro-defund-the-police movement and Black Lives Matter. It has also funneled money into anti-Israel groups, a hard drug decriminalization think tank, and progressive-left district attorneys, some of whom have lost reelection bids due to their soft-on-crime policies.
His son, Alex Soros, 39, who was at the White House to receive the award for his father, has succeeded him as chairman of the board of directors for the Open Society Foundations. Notably, he has shifted money in their Democracy PAC, the political arm of the family, away from criminal justice initiatives and groups to race-focused organizations.
George Soros, along with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were among 19 politicians, athletes, artists, and humanitarians who received the prestigious award on Saturday.
In a statement from the White House announcing the recipients, Soros was described as “focused on global initiatives that strengthen democracy, human rights, education, and social justice.”
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Haley was not the only Republican to slam the move from Biden, with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT), who unseated former Sen. Jon Tester in November, calling it a “national disgrace.”
“George Soros spent millions electing soft-on-crime politicians that let criminals wreak havoc in our major cities,” he added.