{"id":1456718,"date":"2022-04-28T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456718"},"modified":"2022-04-28T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:59:49","slug":"sen-hawley-calls-for-dissolution-of-bidens-disinformation-governance-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-calls-for-dissolution-of-bidens-disinformation-governance-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Hawley Calls for Dissolution of Biden\u2019s \u201cDisinformation Governance Board\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-hawley-calls-for-dissolution-of-bidens-disinformation-governance-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Apr 28, 2022 9:48 AM<br \/>\n                                EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                            &#8220;I confess,&#8221; Sen. Hawley told Mayorkas, &#8220;I at first thought this announcement was satire.&#8221;\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley sent DHS Secretary Mayorkas a scathing letter expressing his concern over the Biden administration&#8217;s new &#8220;Disinformation Governance Board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Wednesday, news <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-biden-administration-creates-disinformation-governance-board-under-dhs-to-fight-misinformation\">broke<\/a> that the Department of Homeland Security was setting up the &#8220;Disinformation Governance Board&#8221; to counter misinformation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to the board&#8217;s creation, including Missouri senator Josh Hawley, who sent a scathing letter to Secretary Mayorkas outlining his concern.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Sen. Hawley posted the letter to Twitter on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Administration that activated the FBI against parents at school board meetings now has created a government Disinformation Board to monitor all Americans\u2019 speech. It\u2019s a disgrace. Joe Biden &#038; Secretary Mayorkas: dissolve this monstrosity immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSnMpREizI\">pic.twitter.com\/hSnMpREizI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1519645712635645953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I confess,&#8221; he told Mayorkas, &#8220;I at first thought this announcement was satire. Surely no American Administration would ever use the power of Government to sit in judgement on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Sadly,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;I was mistaken. Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans&#8217; speech your priority. This new board is almost certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Sen. Hawley went on to criticize the leader of the new board, Nina Jankowicz, pointing out her history of &#8220;partisan attacks,&#8221; and her recent outburst against Elon Musk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-and-elon-musk-reach-buyout-deal\">acquisition<\/a> of Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;It can only be assumed that the sole purpose of this new Disinformation Governance Board will be to marshal the power of the federal government to censor conservative and dissenting speech,&#8221; Sen. 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