Some comments on Devin Nunes getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom

 

First, my comment. 

Sickening.  Atrocious.  Ridiculous.  (And in the greater scheme of things right now, January 9, 2021, kind of inconsequential.  But still -- nauseating.)

Trump to give ally Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom

"Nunes has long supported some of Trump’s more outlandish conspiracy theories, including claiming that the intelligence community improperly “unmasked” the identities of several officials working on Trump’s presidential transition."

Now, here's someone else's (Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley Jr.) comment:

Mr. Nunes gets his medal

"The White House announcement of Nunes’s garlanding is remarkable for many reasons but specifically for its historical claims and the in-your-face aggressiveness of its language.

Nunes deserves the honor, it reads, for his actions to “thwart a plot to take down a sitting United States president”; for his efforts to “unearth the crime of the century”; for exposing “the full power of the Deep State.” It concludes that he is “a public servant of unmatched talent, unassailable integrity, and unwavering resolve. He uncovered the greatest scandal in American history.”

DON'T skip this next part.

"Translation (if I may): He worked like an amphetamine dervish to thwart a government investigation into Russia’s connivance in President Trump’s election and, later, to keep Trump in office after pellucid evidence surfaced that he tried to blackmail a U.S. ally to help him crush a political rival. Or more concisely: The “deep state” did it."

Exactly.  

When you see the list of who has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (not counting those who Trump gave it too), it's pretty clear that both of our opinions are valid;  Nunes is getting it for trying to thwart a valid investigation into Trump's corruption, and that's just plain sickening.