Trump gives Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs awards after impeachment vote
WASHINGTON — President Trump awarded the National Medal of Arts to country music singers Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs minutes after he was impeached for the second time on Wednesday afternoon, a White House spokesperson confirmed.
Skaggs, 61, is an American country and bluegrass singer who has won the Grammy Award 15 times while Keith, 59, performed at a pre-inauguration celebration for Trump in Washington, DC, in 2016.
Earlier this month, Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to GOP Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Devin Nunes of California — two of the president’s most ardent supporters on Capitol Hill.
Jordan was a fierce objector to Wednesday’s impeachment charge accusing Trump of inciting an insurrection at last week’s Capitol siege, accusing Democrats of wanting to “cancel” Trump.
Last month, the president went on a pre-Christmas pardon blitz, excusing former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, longtime associate Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
