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In a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden Monday, President Trump awarded golf star Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to the sport and his historic career. But members of the liberal media groaned because the two men had been friends for years. NBC Nightly News went so far as to have one of their analysts claim Trump had cheapened the award.
In the middle of their report on the ceremony, NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker commented on how, “Now, some critics are questioning Mr. Trump's decision to give what is considered a lifetime achievement award to someone who still has a flourishing career.”
She then played a soundbite of MSNBC analyst and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson suggesting Trump had sullied the “hallow” nature of the award. “He gives this award, which was a hallow award, maybe someday it will be one again, to people he wants to associate himself with. And so, he likes golf,” he decried.
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