{"id":1460521,"date":"2022-05-02T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1460521"},"modified":"2022-05-02T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:14:45","slug":"josh-hawley-promises-to-introduce-legislation-eliminating-bidens-disinformation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-promises-to-introduce-legislation-eliminating-bidens-disinformation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley Promises To Introduce Legislation Eliminating Biden\u2019s \u2018Disinformation\u2019 Board"},"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%2Fjosh-hawley-promises-to-introduce-legislation-eliminating-bidens-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=1460521&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\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-1.28.49-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced Monday that he plans to introduce legislation eliminating the Biden administration\u2019s controversial \u201cDisinformation Board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Joe Biden won\u2019t dissolve his unconstitutional Disinformation Board, Congress should,\u201d tweeted Hawley. \u201cI will introduce legislation this week to eliminate the Board and forbid the government ever to create another one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to stand up for free speech,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Joe Biden won\u2019t dissolve his unconstitutional Disinformation Board, Congress should. I will introduce legislation this week to eliminate the Board and forbid the government ever to create another one. It\u2019s time to stand up for free speech<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1521156527649968130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trying-to-intentionally-tank-for-the-number-one-pick-in-the-draft-conservatives-rip-bidens-disinformation-governance-board\">announced<\/a> the proposed Disinformation Governance Board only a few days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased Twitter, prompting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msnbc-host-now-complains-elections-could-be-swayed-through-twitter-censorship\">slew of Democrats<\/a> and left-wing activists to express fears of censorship and potentially swayed elections.<\/p>\n<p>Musk himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-bidens-misinformation-governance-board\">called<\/a> the proposed board \u201cdiscomforting\u201d in a reply to conservative comedian Steven Crowder, who tweeted Thursday, <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThe government is creating a misinformation governance board. Who else did something like that? Oh I remember, the Nazi\u2019s [sic]. And there\u2019s some data showing some interesting things going on post-[Elon Musk]<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2019s Twitter takeover!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-vows-to-challenge-biden-administrations-ministry-of-truth\">will be headed<\/a> by Nina Jankowicz, who formerly worked as a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center and will act as executive director. She has not responded to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Jankowicz previously referred to Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop as a \u201cTrump campaign product,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/bidens-disinformation-chief-is-trump-dossier-author-fan-and-hunter-laptop-doubter\">Washington Examiner reported<\/a>, suggesting that it was a \u201cRussian influence op.\u201d\u00a0She has since said the tweet was \u201csimply a direct quote from both candidates during the final presidential debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to challenge the proposed board, comparing it to an Orwellian \u201cMinistry of Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot have a Ministry of Truth in this country,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-vows-to-challenge-biden-administrations-ministry-of-truth\">said<\/a>\u00a0Friday morning in Williston, Florida. \u201cLet\u2019s get real here. Let\u2019s make sure we are doing things to benefit Floridians and Americans, but we\u2019re not going to let Biden get away with this one. We will be fighting back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor compared Biden\u2019s efforts to a war on conservatives protesting the\u00a0\u201cdecaying and discredited ruling elite in this country,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/520539-ministry-truth\/\">according to Florida Politics,<\/a>\u00a0calling the Biden administration\u2019s proposed board a\u00a0\u201cbelated April Fool\u2019s Joke\u201d intended to \u201cstifle dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to be able to put out false narratives without people being able to speak out and fight back,\u201d DeSantis continued. \u201cThey want to be able to say things like \u2018Russian collusion\u2019 and perpetuate hoaxes and have people like us be silenced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced Monday that he plans to introduce legislation eliminating the Biden administration\u2019s controversial \u201cDisinformation Board.\u201d\u201cIf Joe Biden won\u2019t dissolve his unconstitutional Disinformation Board, Congress should,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":1481248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}