{"id":2046784,"date":"2023-09-27T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginias-top-election-official-demands-congress-give-dhs-an-ultimatum-fire-2020-election-meddlers-or-no-funding\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:24:35","slug":"west-virginias-top-election-official-demands-congress-give-dhs-an-ultimatum-fire-2020-election-meddlers-or-no-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginias-top-election-official-demands-congress-give-dhs-an-ultimatum-fire-2020-election-meddlers-or-no-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia&#8217;s election chief insists Congress must tell DHS: Fire election meddlers or no funding."},"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%2Fwest-virginias-top-election-official-demands-congress-give-dhs-an-ultimatum-fire-2020-election-meddlers-or-no-funding%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=2046784&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=\"article-content\">\n<h2>West Virginia Official Calls for Withholding Funding from DHS<\/h2>\n<p>West Virginia\u2019s top election official is demanding House Republicans withhold funding from the Department\u200b of Homeland Security until the\u200b agency fires its recent hires who interfered in the 2020 election \u200bto help then-candidate Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/campaignlp.constantcontact.com\/em\/1133101880478\/6e67e042-3815-4c50-9f97-97e083a65eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> sent to House \u200cSpeaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, \u2062the chair\u200c of the House Appropriations Committee\u200d on Tuesday, \u2062West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner called on House Republicans to put the kibosh on DHS funding \u2064until the agency fires former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and Paul Kolbe, a \u200bformer CIA operations\u2063 officer, for signing their names to the \u200cdebunked letter from 51 former intelligence officials that falsely \u2062claimed\u2063 the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2036810083\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ed3fe9251e8d40d070f2901697ba5b18 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ed3fe9251e8d40d070f2901697ba5b18\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the strongest tool the US Constitution gives the \u200bUS \u200bHouse \u2063of Representatives is the power of the purse,\u201d Warner wrote. \u201cFor the sake of national government integrity, I\u2062 call on you to refuse \u2062funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as long as Secretary Mayorkas employs John Brennan, James Clapper, Paul Kolbe, and any others who falsely claimed in writing that the\u200b contents of \u2063the\u2062 Hunter Biden\u200b laptop were\u2063 likely Russian disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warner\u2019s letter comes in \u2063response to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2023\/09\/19\/secretary-mayorkas-announces-establishment-homeland-intelligence-experts-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> from DHS Secretary Alejandro\u200c Mayorkas \u2064last week\u200c that the agency launched a Homeland Intelligence Experts Group \u201ccomprised of private \u2063sector experts who will provide their unique perspectives on the federal government\u2019s intelligence enterprise.\u201d According to \u2064a DHS press release, this group \u2014 which includes journalists, \u201chuman rights\u201d advocates, and \u201cformer senior intelligence officials\u201d such as Clapper, Brennan, and Kolbe \u2014 will coordinate with the agency\u2019s Intelligence and \u200cAnalysis (I&#038;A) \u200bdivision and Office of the Counterterrorism Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>These so-called \u2064\u201cexperts\u201d will also purportedly \u201cprovide input\u201d on the I&#038;A\u2019s \u201cmost complex problems and challenges, including\u200b terrorism, fentanyl, transborder issues, and emerging technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch dishonest people should not \u2063be granted access to sensitive government information, nor rewarded with high-ranking positions and salaries funded with taxpayer dollars,\u201d Warner wrote. \u201cThey have shamed themselves, dishonored their respective institutions, and vastly decreased trust in \u200cour election system.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bd0a14e6145c0dcb55ff77855ea2bb6b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bd0a14e6145c0dcb55ff77855ea2bb6b\"><\/div>\n[[<strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/09\/cia-solicited-signatures-for-hunter-biden-laptop-letter-congressional-testimony-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIA Solicited Signatures For Hunter Biden Laptop Letter, Congressional Testimony Shows<\/a><\/strong>]\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginias-top-election-official-demands-congress-give-dhs-an-ultimatum-fire-2020-election-meddlers-or-no-funding\/\" title=\"West Virginia's election chief insists Congress must tell DHS: Fire election meddlers or no funding.\">intel officials\u2019 election \u200cinterference didn\u2019<\/a>t stop there. The FBI, which <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/22\/fbi-knew-hunter-bidens-laptop-was-authentic-a-year-before-pressuring-big-tech-to-censor-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authenticated<\/a> the laptop as early as November 2019, was warning Big Tech platforms such as \u2063Twitter and Facebook to be on the lookout for \u200d\u201cRussian propaganda\u201d\u200d and \u201chack-and-leak operations\u201d by state actors \u2062in\u200c the months leading up to the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Without missing a beat, these same companies immediately censored the Post\u2019s reporting upon its release. On <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/03\/twitter-files-confirm-big-tech-leftists-suppressed-hunter-biden-laptop-story-ahead-of-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, users were \u200bnot permitted to\u200b share the story, even via direct message. The platform further\u2063 removed links and posted\u200d warnings \u200bthat it may be \u201cunsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2020\/10\/14\/facebook-is-now-officially-censoring-the-new-york-posts-hunter-biden-bombshell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> it would be \u201creducing [the story\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-knew-hunter-bidens-laptop-was-authentic-a-year-before-pressuring-big-tech-to-censor-it\/\" title=\"FBI confirmed Hunter Biden's laptop authenticity a year prior to pressuring Big Tech for censorship.\">] distribution\u201d pending verification<\/a> by third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-disinformation-police-pressure-meta-to-run-election-interference-on-new-threads-platform\/\" title=\"Left-wing 'Disinfo' Police Push Meta for Election Interference on New Threads Platform.\">-party \u201cfact-checkers<\/a>.\u201d Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg later <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/26\/confirmed-fbi-colluded-with-big-tech-to-prevent-voters-from-learning-about-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> \u2064during an interview \u2062on \u200b\u201cThe Joe\u2063 Rogan Experience\u201d that Facebook\u2019s decision to algorithmically suppress the \u200cstory was based on the FBI\u2019s warning.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Senator \u200cWarner propose\u200b holding the Department of Homeland \u200dSecurity accountable?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Www.example.com&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; \u2062rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;>Example Link<\/a>]]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warner\u2019s letter \u2064adds to the \u2064growing calls for accountability and transparency in the wake of \u2063the 2020 election. Many Americans are concerned about the potential interference in the election process and the role of intelligence officials in shaping public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also highlights the \u200bpower of the\u2063 purse\u2063 as a tool for holding \u200cgovernment agencies accountable. Warner\u2063 argues that by withholding funding from the Department of Homeland Security, House Republicans can send a strong message that they\u2064 will\u2062 not tolerate the actions of individuals who have undermined the integrity\u200d of the government and eroded trust in the election\u2062 system.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Warner raises concerns about the composition of the newly established Homeland Intelligence Experts Group. \u2063By including individuals like Clapper, Brennan, and Kolbe, who have been involved in controversial actions\u200b and statements in the past, Warner questions the credibility and objectivity of the group. He argues that individuals who have shown dishonesty and a lack of integrity should not be entrusted with sensitive government\u200d information or rewarded with high-ranking positions.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Warner\u2019s call for withholding\u2064 funding from DHS is a demand for accountability and\u2064 a commitment to preserving the integrity of the government and the electoral process. It represents a necessary step in ensuring that those\u200b responsible for interfering in the 2020 election are held responsible and that trust in the system is restored.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how House Republicans will respond to Warner\u2019s letter and whether they will \u2063take \u200caction to hold DHS accountable. However, the growing chorus of voices calling for transparency and integrity in government suggests that there is a \u2063growing recognition of the need for reform and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200dthe debate continues, it\u200d is crucial to remember the \u2063importance of \u200dupholding the principles of democracy and\u2062 ensuring that our government\u200c agencies are held to the highest standards of integrity. The actions of a few individuals should not be allowed to tarnish the reputation\u200c of our democratic institutions and erode trust in our electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200b up to\u200c our elected officials to \u2063stand up for accountability, transparency, and the rule of law. By withholding funding from agencies that have acted inappropriately, they can send a\u200b clear\u2063 message that they are committed to upholding the values that underpin our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Only through such actions can \u200cwe begin to restore faith in our government and rebuild trust in our electoral process. The stakes are high, but the importance of this endeavor cannot be understated. It is \u2062time for our elected leaders to take a stand and ensure that justice is served.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia&#8217;s election official urges House Republicans to halt funding for the Department of Homeland Security until it dismisses employees who meddled in the 2020 election to aid Joe Biden. The official penned a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Kay Granger, requesting their attention to the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2046785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2046784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046784","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}