Conservative GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert is taking the lead on an effort to defund and dismantle the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board.
At a press conference Wednesday, she was joined by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, Minority Whip Steve Scalise and other Republican congress members who have introduced similar legislation to call for the House to vote to end the new board.
Democratic House leaders are unlikely to heed that call.
The board has become a lightning rod for controversy since it was announced a week ago, with Republicans contending its real aim is to silence Americans who don’t agree with the Biden administration.
“They will manipulate the facts and discredit the truth when it's inconvenient for their narrative,” said McCarthy. He criticized the board’s head, Nina Jankowicz, and pointed to such issues like Hunter Biden’s laptop or COVID-19 lockdowns, before quickly leaving the press conference.
Boebert called on Congress to pass her bill to terminate the board.
“I wouldn't trust [President Joe] Biden and his incompetent misfits to take care of one of my goats. And I certainly don't trust them to be the arbiters of truth,” Boebert said. “I trust the American people. They are more capable of looking at claims, researching facts, (and) making informed decisions.”
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