Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, joined the chorus of critics Thursday when he faced Mayorkas face to face during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of DHS.
” Mr. Secretary, yesterday you announced the formation of the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS. You put out a bulletin two months ago, a big fancy bulletin here, red, white, and blue. You said that misleading narratives, mis-, dis-, and mal-information, MDM, as you call it, misleading narratives undermine the trust in government. I was just wondering, when the head of the CDC, Miss Walensky, said that the vaccinated can’t get the virus, did that undermine trust in the government?”
Jordan went on to list more examples where current or former government officials put out significant statements that turned out to be dubious or even false.
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“When the highest-paid official in our government, the smartest man on the planet, Dr. Fauci said the virus didn’t come from a lab, did that undermine trust in the government? And will that be something that this governing board will look at?” Jordan asked. “How about when 51 former intel officials told us that the Hunter Biden story was--had all the earmarks of Russian misinformation? Will that be something that this governance board that you just formed, will you be looking into?”
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Mayorkas responded without referencing Jordan’s examples, only providing a statement on the board’s purpose.
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“Congressman, the disinformation board addresses disinformation that imperils the safety and security of our homeland. And one of the primary areas that we are focused on is the dissemination of disinformation and its potential connectivity--,” Mayorkas said before Jordan cut him off to challenge his statement.
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"But that’s not what your bulletin talked about. It talked about COVID," Jordan said. "It talked about COVID."
Committee chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., interjected, telling Jordan his time was up and allowing Mayorkas to complete his response. He finished his previous sentence with "and its connectivity to violence."
A DHS bulletin from February 2022 about terrorism threats discussed so-called “MDM" as a factor contributing to “a heightened threat environment.” While that bulletin blamed that environment on “[c]continued calls for violence directed at U.S. critical infrastructure,” it also blamed the situation on “misleading narratives” such as those “regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud and COVID-19.”
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