Posted on 04/28/2022 1:25:16 PM PDT by conservative98
After Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed his department's creation of a Disinformation Governance Board aimed at combating misinformation, Republican lawmakers were all over the announcement, accusing the Department of Homeland Security of going too far.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, joined the chorus of critics Thursday when he confronted Mayorkas face to face during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of DHS.
"Mr. Secretary, yesterday you announced the formation of Disinformation Governance Board at DHS. You put out a bulletin two months ago, a big fancy bulletin here, red, white and blue. You said that misleading narratives, mis-, dis-, and mal-information, MDM, as you call it, misleading narratives undermine the trust in government. I was just wondering, when the head of the CDC, Miss Walensky, said that the vaccinated can’t get the virus, did that undermine trust in government?"
Jordan went on to list more instances where current or former government officials put out significant statements that turned out to be questionable or even false.
"When the highest paid official in our government, the smartest man on the planet, Dr. Fauci, when he said the virus didn't come from a lab, did that undermine trust in government? And will that be something that this governing board will look at?" Jordan asked. "How about when 51 former intel officials told us that the Hunter Biden story was--had all the earmarks of Russian misinformation? Will that be something that this governance board that you just formed, will you be looking into that? "
Mayorkas responded without addressing Jordan's examples
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Is this like the Department of Truth in Orwell’s 1984????
Or it it more like Harry Potter’s The Office of Misinformation
The Office of Misinformation was part of the British Ministry of Magic, answering to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
Another end run around our
1. Constitution
2. Bill of Rights
how did the commie answer?
Some of these Lefties are so deserving of the Will Smith treatment.
Was that even in their charter approved by Congress?
Mayorkas responded without addressing Jordan’s examples, only providing a statement on the board’s purpose.
“Congressman, the disinformation board addresses disinformation that imperils the safety and security of our homeland. And one of the primary areas that we are focused on is the dissemination of disinformation and its potential connectivity—,” Mayorkas said before Jordan cut him off to challenge his statement
“But that’s not what your bulletin talked about. It talked about COVID,” Jordan said. “It talked about COVID.”
Sounds like a perfect department for Josef Göbbels to head.
Mayorkas needs to recuse himself of all connection with Jo Jo’s “fart checkers with swastikas”.
Chelsea Clinton wants to know if that picture has been photoshopped. ;)
Mayorkas obliviously didn’t want to answer the question so he just blathered. I hope the true Republicans and their RINO brethren have the spine to impeach this idiot after the midterm installations.
This has to be halted. The Supremes need to strike it down as unconstitutional. And send Communist Mayorkas back to Communist Cuba.
Headed by a former adviser to Ukraine about ‘disinformation’. Just a coincidence?
Headed by a former adviser to Ukraine about ‘disinformation’. Just a coincidence?
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