She is the daughter of Dick Cheney, the man most associated with funneling immense wealth into the American war industry, until Biden introduced the business model of the proxy war against Russia through Ukraine.

As result, Liz Cheney has been a strong critic of Donald Trump and served as vice chair of the January 6 Capitol attack investigation.

The medal, one of the country's highest civilian honors, aim to recognize service to the nation or its citizens, but Biden chose to give it to a political supporter.