{"id":1458273,"date":"2022-04-29T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458273"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:15:02","slug":"they-want-to-stifle-dissent-desantis-declares-war-against-bidens-ministry-of-truth-at-dhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-want-to-stifle-dissent-desantis-declares-war-against-bidens-ministry-of-truth-at-dhs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Want To Stifle Dissent\u2019: DeSantis Declares War Against Biden\u2019s \u2018Ministry of Truth\u2019 At DHS"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fthey-want-to-stifle-dissent-desantis-declares-war-against-bidens-ministry-of-truth-at-dhs%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=1458273&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><\/div>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to fight the Biden Administration\u2019s proposed Disinformation Governance Board Friday, which he said was an attempt to censor ordinary people and impose narrative control.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the formation of the board Wednesday, which will be <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/biden-official-nina-jankowicz-hunter-biden-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">run<\/a> by Nina Jankowicz, a self-described \u201cdisinformation expert\u201d who previously attempted to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story. DeSantis promised to fight the board in a Friday press conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Biden Administration\u2019s creation of a \u201cdisinformation\u201d bureau within DHS is effectively a Ministry of Truth that is alien to our constitutional tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Florida rejects Biden\u2019s attempt to enforce regime-approved narratives and to stifle dissent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fSnU2gk97x\">pic.twitter.com\/fSnU2gk97x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1520068299417079808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot have a Ministry of Truth in this country. And so let\u2019s get real here,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1520049692381523970\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re not gonna let Biden get away with this one, so we will be fighting back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics including DeSantis have compared the board to the \u201cMinistry of Truth\u201d in the novel \u201c1984,\u201d an agency that produces government propaganda and decides what citizens are allowed to say and believe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey now have an idea \u2013 and I honestly thought this was a belated April Fool\u2019s joke \u2013 but they are actually going to create in the Department of Homeland Security a Bureau of Disinformation. It\u2019s basically a Ministry of Truth,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1520068299417079808\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd what they want to do is, they want to be able to put out false narratives without people being able to speak out and fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to be able to say things like \u2018Russia collusion\u2019 and perpetuate hoaxes and then have people like us be silenced. They want to be able to advocate for COVID lockdowns, they want to be able to advocate for school closures, things that are not supported by the evidence. But then when you speak out, they want to stifle dissent,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd so we reject this bureau in the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The board announced Wednesday that it would begin by focusing on Russian disinformation in the lead-up to midterm elections and misinformation aimed at migrants at the southern border, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-immigration-media-europe-misinformation-4e873389889bb1d9e2ad8659d9975e9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/discomforting-elon-musk-dhs-new-disinformation-governance-board\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Discomforting\u2019: Elon Musk Reacts To The DHS\u2019 New Disinformation Governance Board)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/dont-have-information-fox-news-reporter-presses-psaki-bidens-new-minister-of-truth-biased\/\">said<\/a> it sounded \u201clike the objective of the board is to prevent disinformation and misinformation from traveling around the country\u201d during a Thursday press conference, but declined to comment on Kankowicz\u2019 appointment, claiming she had no information about her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Your party funded the dossier first\u2026 and if there was FBI and DOJ bias during 2016, it was certainly against Clinton. FBI was investigating Trump since summer but didn\u2019t make it public. American public deserved to know.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nina Jankowicz \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@wiczipedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiczipedia\/status\/939157661022674948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kankowicz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-10-15\/why-twitter-blocked-a-new-york-post-story-about-hunter-biden\/12770732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> \u201cWe should view it [Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop] as a Trump campaign product\u201d on ABC News in October 2020 and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiczipedia\/status\/939157661022674948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> Republicans had funded the claimed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/12\/09\/doj-watchdog-debunk-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now-discredited<\/a> Steele dossier in a 2017 tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/exclusive-beacon-of-misinformation-sen-ron-johnson-calls-for-answers-from-dhs-over-bidens-disinformation-board-slams-nina-jankowicz\/\">demanded<\/a> answers from the DHS about the board in a Thursday letter which focused on potential biases Jankowics could bring into the position and called her a \u201cbeacon of misinformation online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Gov. 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