Conservative influencer John Cardillo found himself in disbelief watching former President Donald Trump say that it's "better" to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom than the Congressional Medal of Honor on the grounds that most people who receive the latter honor are soldiers who are either wounded or dead.
During remarks made on Thursday evening, Trump paid tribute to GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson, who received the Medal of Freedom from Trump back in 2018.
"When we gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom... it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, it’s actually much better because everyone who gets the Congressional Medal, they’re soldiers," Trump said at the time. "They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead. She gets it and she’s a healthy beautiful woman."
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Cardillo responded to this statement by simply writing, "WHY??!!" on Twitter.
Many Trump supporters then flooded his replies with angry messages, but Cardillo didn't back down.
"Did you even watch it?" questioned conservative J.D. Sharp.
"Yes, and it’s even worse," Cardillo replied. "There is no context where this is remotely acceptable. It’s f------ stupid. If you want to win, stop excusing stuff like this."
In response to another critic who said he might be misinterpreting Trump, Cardillo replied, "There is no justification for this at all. None. I don't get what he's trying to say."
Not all of Cardillo's followers disagreed with him, however.
After one of them wrote that "it's getting harder... to believe [Trump] wants to win," Cardillo replied by simply writing, "Seriously."
