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President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Democratic South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, both of whom played key roles in his 2020 presidential campaign. Biden cited Bloomberg’s legacy as businessman, philanthropist and mayor and Clyburn’s decades of work in the House of Representatives in the Friday announcement. Bloomberg, a major Democratic donor, spent tens of millions of dollars supporting Biden’s 2020 campaign and Clyburn, meanwhile, delivered a crucial endorsement to Biden that some credit with saving his campaign. …

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