Speaking at a police hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday, Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D.
Vance (R-OH), claimed the ex-president's recent comments about the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Medal of Honor were taken out of context. Trump's controversial statement came when he talked about giving the Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson, the widow of late GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson. “That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian.
It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version,” Trump said. “It’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead,” Trump said.
“She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman. And they’re rated equal, but she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and she got it for — and that’s through committees and everything else.” Read Also: Harris has figured out Trump’s greatest liability Vance on Friday defended Trump and cited his relationships with veterans.
"Look, I was with a group of veterans yesterday, and trust me, the veteran community is behind Donald Trump," he claimed. "What President Trump said during the ceremony — and I haven't seen the entire remarks — President Trump said that a person who received the Medal of Freedom — he was saying some nice things about her. Donald Trump, I have.