{"id":1457107,"date":"2022-04-28T15:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457107"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:44:39","slug":"dissolve-this-monstrosity-immediately-josh-hawley-unloads-on-mayorkas-in-letter-demanding-the-end-of-disinformation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dissolve-this-monstrosity-immediately-josh-hawley-unloads-on-mayorkas-in-letter-demanding-the-end-of-disinformation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dissolve This Monstrosity Immediately\u2019: Josh Hawley Unloads On Mayorkas In Letter Demanding The End Of \u2018Disinformation\u2019 Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fdissolve-this-monstrosity-immediately-josh-hawley-unloads-on-mayorkas-in-letter-demanding-the-end-of-disinformation-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=1457107&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239744984.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for the immediate dissolution of the just-announced Disinformation Governance Board in a scathing letter directed to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley tweeted screenshots of the letter, dated April 28, on Thursday morning with the following caption: \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\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>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI write with deep concern about the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s decision to create a new Disinformation Governance Board. I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire. Surely no American Administration would ever use the power of Government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens,\u201d Hawley\u2019s letter began. \u201cSadly, I was mistaken. Rather than protecting our border or the American Homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans\u2019 speech your priority. This new board is almost certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley went on to accuse the Biden administration of routinely treating political dissent as though it was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/reminder-these-50-intelligence-officers-claimed-without-evidence-that-new-york-posts-hunter-biden-story-was-russian-disinformation\/\">disinformation<\/a>, arguing that it was effectively shutting down legitimate debate that should be protected under the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Court has even gone so far as to say that \u2018Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea.\u2019 The apparent broad mandate of this new government entity to \u2018coordinate countering misinformation\u2019 in America undermines the argument that it can even exist consistent with the Constitution,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley then pivoted to address the clearly partisan comments of proposed board leader Nina Jankowicz, some of which he outlined in his letter. The senator suggested that her attachment to the initiative did nothing to assuage concerns that the board itself was designed to coordinate attacks against political opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Democrats have for years controlled the public square through Big Tech allies, Mr. Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter has shown just how tenuous that control is. 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. This is dangerous and un-American,\u201d Hawley concluded. \u201cThe board should be immediately dissolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-bidens-misinformation-governance-board\/\">responded<\/a> to the creation of the Disinformation Governance Board, calling the move \u201cdiscomforting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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