{"id":1468027,"date":"2022-05-08T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T13:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468027"},"modified":"2022-05-08T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T13:29:57","slug":"house-republicans-eye-government-shutdown-to-ax-bidens-ministry-of-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-eye-government-shutdown-to-ax-bidens-ministry-of-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Eye Government Shutdown to Ax Biden\u2019s Ministry of Truth"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-republicans-eye-government-shutdown-to-ax-bidens-ministry-of-truth%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=1468027&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<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> are seeking to defund the Biden administration&#8217;s controversial <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/jankowicz-wrongly-cast-doubt-on-intelligence-saying-iran-tried-to-hurt-trump-reelection\">Disinformation Governance Board<\/a>, and conservative members are eager to threaten a shutdown to do so if necessary. <\/p>\n<p>House GOP Republicans, including the offices of firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> that Republicans would support using the government\u2019s annual spending bill as a way to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s new disinformation board, which the GOP sees as a vessel to <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/freedom-of-speech\">censor<\/a><\/u> conservative speech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some Republicans even said they would be willing to shut down the government if Democrats resist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should use the power of the purse to stop this disinformation craziness that the Biden administration is doing,\u201d Republican Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) told the <i>Washington Examiner.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we should use that power for other things too, like securing the border, because the Democrats need us for certain things like keeping the government open, and we should use that leverage to get what we want,\u201d Bishop said.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop said that congressional Republicans should be \u201cfar more aggressive\u201d about using the government spending package negotiations to accomplish their policy goals, such as eliminating the disinformation board, and encouraged other Republicans to shut down the government if need be.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/bidens-disinformation-chief-is-trump-dossier-author-fan-and-hunter-laptop-doubter\">BIDEN DISINFO CZAR WAS HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP DOUBTER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security announced the <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/white-house-defends-disinformation-board-im-not-sure-who-opposes-that\">creation of the board<\/a><\/u> last week to coordinate the federal government\u2019s activities related to countering disinformation, with an immediate focus on foreign threats like <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\">unauthorized migration<\/a><\/u> to the United States and the <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war-in-ukraine\">Russia-Ukraine<\/a><\/u> crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The board will be led by Nina Jankowicz, a former disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center and adviser to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, who has a <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/bidens-disinformation-chief-is-trump-dossier-author-fan-and-hunter-laptop-doubter\">history<\/a><\/u> of controversial and misleading statements.<\/p>\n<p>The conception of disinformation has become a controversial and polarizing matter. Liberals say disinformation, meaning false information spread deliberately and covertly, is a threat to democracy. Conservatives, though, increasingly say that the threat of disinformation is wrongly used as a cover to censor them.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are concerned that the board could be used to restrict free speech and are willing to take aggressive measures to shut it down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re open to removing the funding for this board in any way necessary, including the appropriations and government funding process, because this board is tyrannical,\u201d said Ben Stout, Boebert\u2019s communications director. \u201cWe&#8217;re willing to go to the mattresses over this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boebert earlier this week introduced a bill, the <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/boebert.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-boebert-introduces-bill-terminate-department-homeland-securitys-0\">Protecting Free Speech Act<\/a><\/u>, to terminate the disinformation board and prohibit any federal funds from being used to carry out the activities of any other entity that is substantially similar.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation has quickly garnered the support of over 60 House GOP members, including almost all of the House Republican leadership, including Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan (R-OH).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the strong GOP support, the measure is unlikely to move to the floor, given the Democratic majority in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>This is why some Republicans are open to using the federal government funding process to eliminate funding for the disinformation board instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo avoid a government shutdown, Democrats will have to allow this disinformation board to have its wings clipped,\u201d a senior House Republican aide told the <i>Washington Examiner.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats won&#8217;t want to be known for shutting down the government over a controversial and politically unpopular disinformation board with the midterms around the corner. Republicans will have a field day attacking them relentlessly on this,\u201d the aide added.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are also concerned about a February bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security saying the federal government plans to work with public and private sector partners, including Big Tech companies, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/ntas\/advisory\/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-february-07-2022\">to reduce<\/a> the &#8220;proliferation of false or misleading narratives, which sow discord or undermine public trust in U.S. government institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/mdm\">defines disinformation<\/a><\/u> as information &#8220;deliberately created to mislead, harm, or manipulate a person, social group, organization, or country,&#8221; while misinformation is &#8220;false, but not created or shared with the intention of causing harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are seeking to defund the Biden administration&#8217;s controversial Disinformation Governance Board, and conservative members are eager to threaten a shutdown to do so if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"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-1468027","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\/1468027","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}