The Biden Administration’s recent announcement that it was establishing a “Disinformation Governance Board” (DGB) through the Department of Homeland Security has set off a bit of a firestorm. On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified to a House committee that the board was being created, at least in part, to combat “disinformation” ahead of the mid-terms.
Immediately (and rightly), questions were raised as to the purpose and scope of this new “board” — and Nina Jankowicz, who’s been tapped to head it.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt directed a letter to Secretary Mayorkas on Friday, detailing concerns regarding the board’s creation and the potential for infringement on the First Amendment. Schmitt shared the letter via Twitter:
Schmitt has already proven he’s willing and able to take on the Biden Administration. He’s mounted successful challenges to the administration’s suspension of the Remain in Mexico policy, the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, and the proposed lifting of Title 42 immigration restrictions.
Schmitt is currently running for the U.S. Senate to replace Roy Blunt, who is retiring. If he succeeds in that bid, he’ll join Missouri’s other sitting senator, Josh Hawley, who also directed a letter to Mayorkas on Thursday, noting:
“I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire. Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens,” Hawley wrote. “Sadly, I was mistaken. Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans’ speech your priority. This new board is most certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately.”