The Associated Press reported yesterday that GOP Senators Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Josh Hawley (Missouri) are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security provide them with specifics on how it planned to coordinate its Disinformation Governance Board with social media companies to remove user content after a whistleblower provided them with key documents about the board.
In
an open letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Senators
Grassley and Hawley wrote that DHS must "provide additional clarity
regarding its policies and procedures for identifying (mis-, dis- or
mal-information), as well as its efforts to ‘operationalize’ public-private
partnerships and the steps it is taking to ensure it does not infringe on the
constitutional rights of American citizens."
The
public learned about the Disinformation Governance Board
when Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified about
its existence in April.
Observers
were troubled by the appointment of Nina Jankowicz as the head of the board.
Jankowicz has an abominable relationship with being factual. Back in 2020, she
dismissed news about Hunter Biden's infamous laptop as "Russian
disinformation." She was an advocate of the discredited
Steele dossier that was funded by the Clinton campaign that was the source
of the Russian Collusion hoax. She is also a blatant partisan with a history of
embracing and spreading disinformation to undermine political opponents.
Observers
were also concerned that Mayorkas wasn’t explicit about the powers of the
Disinformation Governance Board?
Was
the board meant to be a supervisory body that would order social media firms to
add disclaimers or warnings about ‘disinformation’ and de-platform frequent
peddlers of ‘disinformation’?
Was
the board empowered to act on the ground and direct law enforcement to conduct
arrests and searches?
Was
the board authorized to initiate legal proceedings?
It
was alarming that this came at a time when Democrats are in myriad ways
attempting to impede upon the fundamental democratic rights of citizens.
The protesters
of January 6 are being subjected to draconian punishment without
basis. The partisan January
6 Select Committee exists to intimidate political opponents
and prevent President Trump from running in 2024. Last year, parents who
objected to their children being indoctrinated with left-wing propaganda were
branded as domestic
terrorists. Recently, Biden called Trump supporters "the
most extreme political organization that's existed in recent American history."
Was
the Board another attempt by Washington in criminalizing political opposition?
Thanks
to the efforts of GOP leaders, Free speech absolutists, and conservative
commentators, the unconstitutional board was "paused"
while Jankowicz was ousted.
The
DHS has announced that
former DHS secretary Michael Chertoff and former U.S. deputy attorney general
Jamie Gorelick, both members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, were to
lead a "thorough review and assessment" of the board.
Back
to Senators
Grassley and Hawley’s letter.
The
senators’ letter refers to internal DHS records provided through protected
whistleblower disclosures that illustrate how the Disinformation Board was
created to exert a powerful influence over the government’s efforts to
crack down on disinformation in areas where there are “clear, objective facts.”
Documents
reveal that DHS was not only focused on foreign disinformation but also on “issues
at the heart of longstanding political debate such as theories about the
validity of elections, the origins and effects of COVID-19 vaccines, and the
efficacy of wearing masks.”
The
letter also states that “given the significant coordinating role the Department
envisioned for the Disinformation Governance Board, the consequences of
installing Nina Jankowicz, a known trafficker of foreign disinformation and
liberal conspiracy theories, as the board’s first Executive Director, would
have been a disaster,”
GOP
supporters often find themselves irked and disappointed with their party. Quite
often they find their representative being seduced by Washington causing them
to abandon their campaign promises, their values, and their principles.
The
likes of Mitt Romney, Lindsay Graham, and so many more have not only betrayed
their voters on a regular basis but are often willing to dance obediently to the tune of the
Democrats.
https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1532534628476665859
In a
press conference announcing the ‘pause’, Biden press secretary Karine
Jean-Pierre said the board's "work doesn't stop."
It therefore should be great news for voters that Senators Chuck Grassley and Josh Hawley, were not only responsible for compelling the Democrats to pause the Disinformation Governance Board but are also keeping a close watch on the developments related to the board.
The senators must also ensure that the whistleblower is protected in every way. Their revelation will lead to a manhunt for the 'traitor' within the DHS. Democrats only respect the rights of only those whistleblowers who work to hurt their political opponents. Those who dare challenge them could be subject to severe punishment.
The
Disinformation Governance Board was an attempt by the Biden Administration to
sit in judgment of every pronouncement of the citizen. This is undemocratic
because in a free society it is the citizen who should sit in judgment of the
government and not the other way around.
Both
Grassley and Hawley with their actions are ensuring that the inherent rights of
citizens are protected.
Such
efforts will only enthuse voters during the mid-terms, they can now vote by
choice and not for the lack of choice
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