Sen. Schmitt Calls for Medal of Freedom for Pat Buchanan

Senator Wants Highest Civilian Honor for Pat Buchanan

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) wants conservative firebrand Pat Buchanan to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Schmitt called Buchanan a “courageous intellectual and political trailblazer,” and “one of the great patriots of our time.” He added that Buchanan was among the first conservatives to focus on the “cultural war that liberals were waging in America.”

Honoring Patrick J. Buchanan

Recently, I had the honor of signing a coalition letter recommending President Donald Trump award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Patrick J. Buchanan. The call to honor Mr. Buchanan with this high honor is not new but accelerated when Representative Riley M. Moore (R-WV) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to honor Buchanan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This effort is also being supported by Dr. Kevin Roberts, President of…

Heritage Fdn President joins call to award Pat Buchanan the Medal of Freedom…

Sen. Schmitt: Buchanan Deserves Medal of Freedom

Conservative icon Pat Buchanan has been recommended by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Schmitt wrote Saturday in a letter to President Donald Trump that Buchanan, 86, who served as White House communications director in the Reagan administration and was a three-time presidential candidate, has been "a courageous intellectual and political trailblazer" for more than a half-cent…

Missouri Senator Urges Trump to Award Medal of Freedom to Conservative Stalwart Buchanan

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., has written to President Donald Trump expressing support for awarding Pat Buchanan the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Schmitt joins other conservative movement leaders asking Trump to honor Buchanan with the nation’s highest civilian honor awarded by the president. Public advocates for Buchanan have included Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va. Notable recent recipients of the medal …