Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas raised eyebrows last week when he announced the creation of a “Disinformation Governance Board.”
While Mayorkas insists the board is needed to protect elections, former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard says it’s really an attempt to shut down free speech.
Gabbard: “They’re afraid that we might actually think for ourselves”
According to the Daily Wire, Gabbard made her case in a series of tweets on Sunday, declaring, “Biden is just a front man. Obama, April 21: social media censors ‘don’t go far enough,’ so the government needs to step in to do the job.”
“Six days later, Homeland Security rolls out the ‘Ministry of Truth’ (aka Disinformation Governance Board),” the former Hawaii congresswoman explained.
Biden is just a front man. Obama, April 21: social media censors “don’t go far enough,” so the government needs to step in to do the job. Six days later, Homeland Security rolls out the ‘Ministry of Truth’ (aka Disinformation Governance Board). pic.twitter.com/CHOD4mbE0B
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) May 1, 2022
That accusation came after Gabbard had tweeted out a clip of a recent interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, declaring, “Every dictatorship has a propaganda arm—a ‘Ministry of Truth.’
“The Biden Administration has now formally joined the ranks of such dictatorships with their creation of the so-called ‘Disinformation Governance Board,’” she added.
Gabbard could be heard telling Hannity, “The reason why you see this in dictatorships is because they’re afraid of us. They’re afraid of the people, they’re afraid that we might actually think for ourselves.”
She predicted that the board will “work through the mainstream media” to forward a preferred narrative while working to “drown out anyone with alternate views.” Gabbard went on to say the board is going to employ “intimidation” tactics and “silence dissenting voices.”
“This is something they have already been doing, that’s happening right now,” Gabbard argued. “The only difference is they’re formalizing it, making it official — which, if there’s a silver lining in this, it is they’re revealing exactly who they are.”
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She concluded by issuing a challenge to the Biden administration, stating, “We’re not going to let you get away with this crap. We will take a stand, we will reject it, and we will throw out of office those who are continuing to push and propagate this undemocratic, anti-free speech mission.”
Interestingly, the woman tapped to head the disinformation board, Nina Jankowicz, is herself guilty of spreading falsehoods.
Jankowicz previously suggested on Twitter that Hunter Biden’s laptop was a Russian creation even though mainstream media sources like The New York Times and Washington Post now acknowledge the story to be real.