Announced shortly after free-speech advocate Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, DHS’s new ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ seeks to maintain Democrats’ power to censor conservative and dissenting speech, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, in a Thursday letter.
“The Administration that activated the FBI against parents at school board meetings now has created a government Disinformation Board to monitor all Americans’ speech. It’s a disgrace. Joe Biden & Secretary Mayorkas: dissolve this monstrosity immediately,” Hawley tweeted, posting a copy of the letter.
“This new board is almost certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately,” Sen. Hawley says in the letter to Sec. Mayorkas:
“I have to admit, at first I thought that this announcement was absurd. It is unlikely that any American Administration will ever have the authority to judge on First Amendment speech made by its citizens. I was wrong, unfortunately.
“Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans’ speech your priority. This new board is almost certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately.”
“Particularly troubling is your choice to lead the new board, Nina Janowicz, a supposed ‘expert’ with a long history of partisan attacks,” Hawley writes.
Hawley cites comments denouncing “free speech absolutists” and “first amendment zealots,” like Elon Musk, Jankowicz made while discussing Musk’s bid to buy Twitter:
“When Elon Musk announced his acquisition of Twitter, she said ‘I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities…which are already shouldering…disproportionate amounts of this abuse.’
“Jankowicz has even described opponents of social media speech codes as ‘first amendment zealots.’ These statements that question the value of free speech are obviously disqualifying for such a role.”
Last week, last week was @NPRMichel: I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities…which are already shouldering…disproportionate amounts of this abuse.” https://t.co/GLqMwC3iYH
— Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) April 25, 2022
Democrats and Big Tech are threatened by Musk’s promise to open up Twitter to all voices, so they’re planning to use the Disinformation Governance Board to maintain control of what Americans are allowed to hear and say, Hawley warns:
“While Democrats have for years controlled the public square through their Big Tech allies, Mr. Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has shown just how tenuous that control is.
It can be assumed that this board will have one purpose: to harness the federal government’s power to suppress conservative or dissenting speech.
This is un-American and dangerous. Mayorkas should immediately dissolve the board,” Hawley informs Mayorkas.
The Administration that activated the FBI against parents at school board meetings now has created a government Disinformation Board to monitor all Americans’ speech. It’s a disgrace. Joe Biden & Secretary Mayorkas: dissolve this monstrosity immediately pic.twitter.com/hSnMpREizI
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) April 28, 2022
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Editor’s Note:The original publication was on CNSNews.com.
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