Trump’s decision to award Giuliani the Medal of Freedom follows a series of radical recipients chosen by his predecessor, Joe Biden. Biden presented the honor to figures including former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, anthem-kneeler and left-wing activist Megan Rapinoe, billionaire George Soros, and Raul Yzaguirre, the former president of the National Council of La Raza, an organization with longstanding ties to far-left groups.

Biden described some of the honorees as individuals who made “exemplary contributions” to American society. Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow emphasized that Biden “gave out Presidential Medals of Freedom, which made a mockery of this country,” and said the former president “reduced it to trolling.