Roger Stone wants a former Texas Congressman to be awarded the highest civilian honor an American can receive.

Stone is a longtime American political consultant, strategist, and lobbyist known for his work with Republican campaigns, including those of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump. A self-described “dirty trickster,” he has been involved in political opposition research and is recognized for his aggressive, flamboyant style in American politics.

Stone made his opinion clear about Ron Paul being deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in his February 15 post on X:

The preamble to Stone’s petition is but three sentences long.

“There is perhaps no American who is more responsible for shifting the Republican Party away from the neocon orthodoxy of endless war and big government than former Texas Congressman Ron Paul. With nothing more than the Constitution as his guide, he sparked a revolutionary movement that changed the DNA of the Republican Party, paving the way for President Trump’s historic victory in 2016 — with much of what he championed being cornerstones of Trump’s agenda,” Stone wrote.

The final words of the petition depict Paul as a remarkable man.

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“He is living proof one godly man can change the world for good, which is why I started this petition to urge President Trump to affirm Ron Paul’s status as an American hero by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom — and I hope you will sign it below,” Stone concluded.

Paul is an American physician, author, and former politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 1977, 1979 to 1985, and 1997 to 2013, representing Texas’s 22nd and 14th congressional districts. A staunch advocate of limited government and Austrian economics, he has been a vocal critic of the Federal Reserve, interventionist foreign policy, and excessive federal spending.

Throughout his career, Paul championed the civil liberties and non-interventionism movements, most famously advocating for an end to the Federal Reserve Bank. Paul ran for president thrice, twice as a Republican and once as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988.

“The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors,” the Obama White House archives website said of the awards.

There has been a resurgence of interest in Paul in recent months.

The Dallas Express previously reported that his arguments in favor of intense skepticism of any government agency, highlighted by the killing of the social media squirrel Peanut, were among the last heard by the nation the weekend before the presidential election in November.

At the time, there was talk of Paul joining a proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was only in the planning stages. While the 89-year-old did not join the Department formally, he has been a champion of its efforts that proponents argue cut out government waste and fraud.

“DOGE is ripping through the federal government like a tornado. This morning it has been reporting that DOGE sent out firing notices to 9,400 USAID employees, leaving only 611. Democratic politicians are furious, of course. But we hope, that when it’s all said and done, ALL politicians, Democrat AND Republican, are furious with DOGE. Then we will know that it was a job well done for the American people,” Paul posted on X on February 7, along with a clip from his podcast.

 

Paul is, at times, a Trump supporter and a critic, depending on the issue.