Rand Paul exposes Biden administration's 'disinformation' fiasco
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Paul’s first question immediately put Mayorkas on the backfoot, asking the Secretary if he thought the Steele dossier contained Russian misinformation. Mayorkas attempted to avoid responding by saying he’s not equipped to answer that question, which is odd given his position, but Paul didn’t let him get away with it.
“You say this “Disinformation Governance Board” is going to help the public with disinformation. You claim it’s not going to be about domestic, it’s about foreigners and those evil Russians. So, here’s my question,” said Paul. “The FBI concludes that the Steele dossier was full of Russian misinformation, CNN propagated this disinformation gladly for years and years.”
“The difference, I guess, between your opinion and our opinion is that as despicable as it is that CNN propagated this disinformation, I wouldn’t shut them down, I wouldn’t lecture them, I wouldn’t put it on a government website that CNN is wrong for propagating misinformation.”
Paul noted that the government and its experts can’t even agree as to what qualifies as misinformation.
“How do you propose that you’re going to have an office of disinformation governance if you see the problem in determining what is disinformation?” asked Paul.
Mayorkas attempted to tell Paul that his department only comes into play when the misinformation ties to a foreign threat, but Paul wasn’t having it. After pointing out even the FBI found it was wrong on what constituted misinformation, he asked Mayorkas what he would do if CNN was disseminating Russian misinformation. Mayorkas once again said that the department only gets involved with the disinformation that poses a threat to the country, which was still no answer to Paul’s question.
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“Think of all the debates and disputes we’ve had over the last 50 years in our country,” said Paul. “We worked them out by debating them. We don’t work them out by having the government being the arbiter. I don’t want government guardrails. I want you to have nothing to do with speech.”
“You think we can’t determine…speech by traffickers is disinformation?” asked Paul. “You think the American people are so stupid they need you to tell them what the truth is? You can’t even admit what the truth is with the Steele dossier. I don’t trust the government to figure out what the truth is.”
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From the border fiasco to the misinformation fiasco Mayorkas appears in over his head trying to defend the Biden screw-ups.
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175 House Republicans want answers on DHS disinfo board and chief
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