Pence to Get Profile in Courage Award From JFK Library (Connecting the Dots: Mike Pence, John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, David Rubenstein, The Economic Club of Washington, The Smithsonian Institution & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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Former
Vice President Mike Pence has
been awarded the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his
actions in the ceremonial duty of conducting Congress' certification of the
2020 presidential election results.
The
certification process on Jan. 6, 2021, was interrupted by protesters who
entered the U.S. Capitol building, and Pence had resisted calls from President
Donald Trump to delay the certification because of allegations widespread voter
fraud.
Pence
will receive the award, given by the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library
and Museum "to
public servants for making a courageous decision of conscience without regard
for the personal or professional consequences" in a ceremony May 4 in
Boston.
Caroline Kennedy,
the lone surviving child of President Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, and her
son Jack Schlossberg will present the award; they sit on
the committee that selects the award's recipients.
"Political
courage is not outdated in the United States," Kennedy and Schlossberg
said in a news
release. "At every level of government, leaders are putting
country first and not backing down. Despite our political differences, it is
hard to imagine an act of greater consequence than Vice President Pence's
decision to certify the 2020 presidential election during an attack on the U.S.
Capitol.
"Upholding
his oath to the Constitution and following his conscience, the Vice President
put his life, career, and political future on the line. His decision is an
example of President Kennedy's belief that an act of political courage can
change the course of history."
Pence
has been an outspoken critic of Trump since their 2020 election loss. Among the
award's most recent recipients have been other Trump critics, including former
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., former Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and former House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Other recipients included former Presidents
Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama, as well as Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"I
am deeply humbled and honored to be the recipient of the Kennedy Profile in
Courage Award," Pence said in a statement released by the library and
museum. "I have been inspired by the life and words of President John F.
Kennedy since my youth and am honored to join the company of so many
distinguished Americans who have received this recognition in the past."
The
award is a silver lantern symbolizing a beacon of hope, and was designed by
Caroline Kennedy's husband, Edwin Schlossberg, according to the JFK library and
museum. It is named for the 35th president's 1957 Pulitzer-Prize winning book,
"Profiles in Courage," which recounted the stories of eight U.S.
senators "who risked their careers, incurring the wrath of constituents or
powerful interest groups, by taking principled stands for unpopular
positions."
JFK
Profile in Courage Award to Honor Vice President Mike Pence for Certifying 2020
Election
MEDIA RELEASE
April 3, 2025
Media Contact:
617-514-1574
press@jfklfoundation.org
www.jfklibrary.org
John
F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to Honor
Vice President Mike Pence for Certifying 2020 Election
BOSTON,
MA – The 2025
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® will be presented
to Vice President Michael R. Pence for putting his life and
career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power
on January 6, 2021. The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is presented
annually by the JFK Library Foundation to public servants for making a
courageous decision of conscience without regard for the personal or
professional consequences. Caroline Kennedy and Jack
Schlossberg will present the award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum on May 4, 2025 in Boston, MA.
Statement from Kennedy and Schlossberg:
“Political courage is not outdated in the United States. At every level of
government, leaders are putting country first, and not backing down.
Despite our political differences, it is hard to imagine an act of greater
consequence than Vice President Pence’s decision to certify the 2020
presidential election during an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Upholding his oath
to the Constitution and following his conscience, the Vice President put his
life, career, and political future on the line.
His decision is an example of President Kennedy’s belief that an act of
political courage can change the course of history.”
Statement from Vice President Pence:
“I am deeply humbled and honored to be the recipient of the Kennedy Profile in
Courage Award. I have been inspired by the life and words of President John F.
Kennedy since my youth and am honored to join the company of so many
distinguished Americans who have received this recognition in the past.”
Despite extraordinary pressure to single-handedly overturn the results of the
2020 election, Vice President Mike Pence stood firm in his commitment to
democracy and ensured the constitutionally mandated transfer of power. On
January 6, 2021, as the presidential election certification process unfolded, a
violent mob determined to halt the certification stormed the U.S. Capitol and
openly threatened Pence. While the Secret Service urged him to evacuate, Pence
chose to remain at the Capitol, coordinating with military and Congressional
leaders during the attack. Once the Capitol was cleared, Pence resumed the
certification process, confirming the election results and demonstrating his
resolve to uphold his constitutional duty.
About
the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation:
The
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation created the John F. Kennedy Profile in
Courage Award® in 1989 to honor President Kennedy’s commitment
and contribution to public service. The award is presented annually to public
servants who have made courageous decisions of conscience without regard for
the personal or professional consequences. The award is named for President
Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage,
which recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who risked their careers,
incurring the wrath of constituents or powerful interest groups, by taking
principled stands for unpopular positions.
The Profile in Courage Award is represented by a silver lantern symbolizing a
beacon of hope, designed by Edwin Schlossberg. Previous recipients include
former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, Gerald Ford,
and George H. W. Bush;
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; U.S. House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi; former U.S. Representatives Gabrielle Giffords and Liz Cheney; former
U.S. Senator John McCain; Liberian peace activist and Nobel
laureate Leymah Gbowee; U.S. Representative John Lewis;
and former California State Senator and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda
Solis.
The recipients of this prestigious award for political courage are selected by
a distinguished bipartisan committee of national, political, and community
leaders. Committee members are B. Marc Allen, Chief Executive
Officer, Electra; David Axelrod, Political Strategist and founder
of the Institute of Politics at The University of Chicago; Joaquin
Castro, U.S. Congressman, (D-TX 20th District); Carlos Curbelo,
former U.S. Congressman (R-FL 26th District); Heather Cox Richardson,
Historian and Author; Christopher Dodd, former Chairman and CEO of
the Motion Picture Association of America, former U.S. Senator (D-CT); Hadley
Duvall, Activist; Caroline Kennedy, Honorary President of the
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; Marne Levine, Former Chief
Business Officer, Meta; Claire McCaskill, former U.S. Senator
(D-MO), NBC Political Analyst; Beth Myers, Principal, Buckminster
Strategies; David M. Rubenstein,
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group; Ronald L. Sargent,
Chairman, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; Jack
Schlossberg,
Grandson of President Kennedy; and Tatiana Schlossberg, Climate
Change and Environmental Journalist.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit
organization founded in 1984 to provide financial support, staffing, and
creative resources for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, a
presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The Library and the Foundation seek to promote, through educational and
community programs, a greater appreciation and understanding of American
politics, history, and culture, the process of governing and the importance of
public service.
Connecting
the Dots:
Jack Schlossberg is the
chair for the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Caroline B.
Kennedy’s son.
Caroline B.
Kennedy is Jack Schlossberg’s mother, the president of the John
F. Kennedy Library Foundation, a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations (think tank), a director emeritus for the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund and was the U.S. ambassador for Japan
in the Barack Obama Administration.
Sherrilyn Ifill is the president &
director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
and a global board member for the Open Society Foundation.
Jonathan Soros is a global board member for
the Open
Society Foundation,
George Soros’s son and a director at the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund,
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for
the Open
Society Foundation,
Jonathan Soros’s father, a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations (think tank) and the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is
a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, the
president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville,
VA) and was the president of the Economic Club of Washington.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Japan.
Thomas S. Foley was
a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a member
of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and the U.S.
ambassador for Japan.
Caroline B.
Kennedy is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank), the U.S. ambassador nominee for Japan and a
director emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer & Feld, LLP, the president emeritus for the Robert
Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA) and was the president of the Economic
Club of Washington.
John G. Roberts
Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
(Gainesville, VA) the chancellor for the Smithsonian
Institution the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and
married to Jane Sullivan Roberts.
Jane Sullivan
Roberts is married to John G. Roberts Jr. and was a
partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
David M.
Rubenstein was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group, the
co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the
president of the Economic Club of Washington, a regent
at the Smithsonian Institution, Joe Biden spent
Thanksgiving with him and was awarded the annual John F. Kennedy Profile
in Courage Award.
JFK
Profile in Courage Award to Honor Vice President Mike Pence for Certifying 2020
Election
The
recipients of this prestigious award for political courage are selected by a
distinguished bipartisan committee of national, political, and community
leaders. Committee members are B. Marc Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Electra;
David Axelrod, Political Strategist and founder of the Institute of Politics at
The University of Chicago; Joaquin Castro, U.S. Congressman, (D-TX 20th
District); Carlos Curbelo, former U.S. Congressman (R-FL 26th District);
Heather Cox Richardson, Historian and Author; Christopher Dodd, former Chairman
and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, former U.S. Senator
(D-CT); Hadley Duvall, Activist; Caroline Kennedy, Honorary President of the John
F. Kennedy Library Foundation;
Marne Levine, Former Chief Business Officer, Meta; Claire McCaskill, former
U.S. Senator (D-MO), NBC Political Analyst; Beth Myers, Principal, Buckminster
Strategies; David M. Rubenstein,
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group; Ronald L. Sargent, Chairman,
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; Jack Schlossberg, Grandson of President
Kennedy; and Tatiana Schlossberg, Climate Change and Environmental Journalist.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Ann M. Fudge is a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the U.S.
program advisory panel chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
Shirley Ann
Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)
and a regent for the Smithsonian Institution.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Smithsonian Institution.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is
a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, was the president for
the Joe Biden Administration, the vice president for the Barack
Obama Administration and spent Thanksgiving with David M.
Rubenstein.
Mike Pence is a
regent for the Smithsonian Institution, was the vice president for
the Donald Trump Administration and has been awarded the annual John
F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his actions in the ceremonial duty
of conducting Congress' certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
American
Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/jfk
Credit
American
Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times is presented by the Smithsonian American
Art Museum in cooperation with the John F.
Kennedy Library Foundation and
with the generous support of the Governance Institute and the Blanche &
Irving Laurie Foundation. Additional support has been provided by Stephen
Kennedy Smith, Wiener Schiller Productions, and Getty Images. The presentation
in Washington, DC is made possible by the Margery and Edgar Masinter
Exhibitions Fund and the Bernie Stadiem Endowment Fund.
Konrad Ng is a
director, Asian Pacific American Center for the Smithsonian Institution and
married to Maya Soetoro-Ng.
Maya Soetoro-Ng is
married to Konrad Ng and Barack Obama’s sister.
Barack Obama is Maya
Soetoro-Ng’s brother, was the president for the Barack Obama
administration and a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage
Award.
David M.
Rubenstein is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, Co-Founder
and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group, the co-chairman for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the president of the Economic Club of
Washington, Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him, was awarded the
annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and was a benefactor at
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
the Smithsonian Institution.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
and a member of the Belizean Grove.
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a member of the Bohemian Club.
George H.W.
Bush was a member of the Bohemian Club, a recipient of the
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and Jeb Bush’s father.
Jeb Bush is George H.W. Bush’s son and
a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and the Smithsonian Institution.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the Harlem Children's Zone.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone,
a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions and is
the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
PAC for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
PAC for guns.
Mark E. Kelly is
a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions and
married to Gabrielle Giffords.
Gabrielle
Giffords is married to Mark E. Kelly, a co-founder for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in
Courage Award, an advisory board member at the Truman Center for
National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National
Security Project.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Truman Center for National
Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman
National Security Project.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy,
an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and
the vice president for the Joe Biden administration.
R. Hunter Biden is a
director at the Center for National Policy, a director at the Truman
National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is
Hunter Biden’s father, a regent at the Smithsonian Institution,
was the president for the Joe Biden Administration, the vice
president for the Barack Obama Administration and spent
Thanksgiving with David M. Rubenstein.
David M.
Rubenstein is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, Co-Founder
and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group, the co-chairman for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the president of the Economic Club of
Washington, Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him, was awarded the
annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and was a benefactor at
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Mike Pence is a
regent for the Smithsonian Institution, was the vice president for
the Donald Trump Administration and has been awarded the annual John
F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his actions in the ceremonial duty
of conducting Congress' certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
John G. Roberts
Jr. is the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution, the
chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and an honorary
member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf
Club (Gainesville, VA), an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a senior director at the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund, a senior counsel for Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and was the president of the Economic
Club of Washington.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Japan.
Thomas S. Foley was
a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a member
of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and the U.S.
ambassador for Japan.
Caroline B.
Kennedy was the U.S. ambassador for Japan in the Barack Obama
Administration, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
(think tank), a director emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund and the president of the John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and the Smithsonian Institution.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago
and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Charles D. Powell is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of
the House of Lords.
House of Lords is
a house in the British Parliament.
Ed Miliband is
a member of the British Parliament, the leader for the British
Labor Party and David Miliband’s brother.
British Labor
Party is an AKP&D Message and Media client.
David Plouffe was
a partner at AKP&D Message and Media and a senior adviser to
the president for the Barack Obama administration.
David Axelrod is
the founder of the AKP&D Message and Media, was a senior
adviser to the president for the Barack Obama administration and a recipient
of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
Barack Obama was the
president for the Barack Obama administration, a recipient of the John
F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and is Maya Soetoro-Ng’s brother.
Maya Soetoro-Ng is
Barack Obama’s sister and married to Konrad Ng.
Konrad Ng is married
to Maya Soetoro-Ng and a director, Asian Pacific American Center
for the Smithsonian Institution.
Mike Pence is a
regent for the Smithsonian Institution, was the vice president for
the Donald Trump Administration and has been awarded the annual John
F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his actions in the ceremonial duty
of conducting Congress' certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
Resources:
Past Research
Report:
Caroline Kennedy to Meet Trump About Kennedy Center (Past Research on Caroline
Kennedy, The Kennedy Center, The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
& Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on the Kennedy Center)
Monday,
February 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/report-caroline-kennedy-to-meet-trump.html
Is
Tamerlan Tsarnaev the New Lee Harvey Oswald? (Past
Research on John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
Thursday,
April 10, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/04/is-tamerlan-tsarnaev-new-lee-harvey.html
Trump
Order on Smithsonian Targets Funds to Programs With 'Improper Ideology'
(Connecting the Dots: The Smithsonian Institution, The National Zoo, The
National Security Agency (NSA), The National Security Agency (NSA), The
Commercial Club of Chicago, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Friends of the National
Zoo, John G. Roberts Jr., The Economic Club of Washington, Nancy Pelosi wanted
Non-Coronavirus Pork for the Smithson Institution & Soros Funding, All
Networking). Ben Stein's Movie Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed, Exposes the
Smithsonian Institution. (Past Research on the Smithsonian
Institution)
Thursday,
March 27, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/03/trump-order-on-smithsonian-targets.html
Quincy
Jones Disses Taylor Swift: We Need More ‘F*cking Songs, Not Hooks’ (Past Research on the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund)
Tuesday,
January 30, 2018
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/01/quincy-jones-disses-taylor-swift-we.html
Smithsonian
Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900′s (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)
Wednesday,
December 10, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of.html
Bill
Gates: Spoke With Trump, 'Amazing Things' for Global Health (Connecting the
Dot: Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation, Mark Zuckerberg, global health,
Obamacare, FDA, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, The Wall Street Journal, 60
Minutes, The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, Facebook & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation & the Aspen Institute)
Sunday,
January 19, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/bill-gates-spoke-with-trump-amazing.html
ESPN
Analyst: 'Star Spangled Banner' a 'War Anthem,' Shouldn't Be Played Before
Games (Past Research on the Bohemian Club & the
Aspen Institute)
Friday,
November 8, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/espn-analyst-star-spangled-banner-war.html
No
proof for Arlen Spector's 'magic-bullet' theory (Past
Research on the Bohemian Club & the Aspen Institute)
Wednesday,
November 13, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/no-proof-for-arlen-spectors-magic.html
The
Latest: 7 Arrested In Belgium Over Paris Attacks (Past
Research on Jeb Bush)
Sunday,
November 15, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-latest-7-arrested-in-belgium-over.html
Madeleine
Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In
The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine
Albright)
Thursday,
March 24, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html
Mark
Kelly, Gabby Giffords at Arizona Kamala Harris rally: FULL SPEECH (Connecting
the Dots: Mark Kelly, Gabby Giffords, Kamala Harris, Hunter Biden, Gun Control
& Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on Gabby
Giffords)
Thursday,
September 12, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/09/mark-kelly-gabby-giffords-at-arizona.html
Obama:
‘I’m The Closest Thing to a Jew’ to Ever Be President (Past
Research on David Axelrod)
Monday,
June 8, 2015
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