Protestors showed up at her home one evening in December 2020, angry about what they incorrectly said was voter fraud leading to Trump’s loss. Benson defended the certification of the results. Michigan was one of the battleground states where Trump allies demanded further review of the 2020 election. The foundation said Cheney “broke with most in her party, urged fidelity to the Constitution, and stood her ground with honor and conviction,” and that she has remained a “consistent and courageous voice in defense of democracy.” reminds us that as citizens we each have a responsibility to protect our democracy and exercise our fundamental right to vote.”Ĭheney chaired the Republican House Conference before being ousted from her post last year because of her unrelenting criticism of former President Donald Trump and statements blaming him for the violence at the U.S. “The war in Ukraine has shown the world that we can’t take freedom for granted, and the courage of our elected officials in the U.S. “There is no more important issue facing our country, and the world, today than the fight for democracy,” Kennedy said in a statement. The award was created by the family of the late president to honor public figures who risk their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good, and is named after Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Profiles in Courage.” Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Fulton County, Georgia, elections worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.Ĭaroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the awards May 22 at the John F. officials were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections, as the system is challenged in ways it has never been before. Zelenskyy was chosen because of the way he has “marshaled the spirit, patriotism and untiring sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in a life-or-death fight for their country,” as Russia pours in troops and assaults cities and towns, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy. The Associated Press has the story: Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, to present JFK awardsīOSTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Fulton County, Georgia, elections worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.
Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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