‘Ministry of Truth’ smear-um
GOP push to ditch disinfo org
House Republicans clamored Wednesday to disband the Biden administration’s Disinformation Governance Board as the Senate confirmed Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission — giving the regulatory body a Democratic majority.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) led condemnation of the board hours before Senate Republicans tried in vain to block Bedoya’s nomination after businesses expressed concern about the FTC taking a heavy hand in the name of consumer protections.
“The president’s Ministry of Truth is just an unAmerican abuse of power,” McCarthy said. “It’s a scheme conjured up by Washington Democrats to grant themselves the authority to control free speech. They fear Americans having unfettered access to information because it will challenge the power that they want to have over people’s lives.
“They will manipulate the facts and discredit the truth when it’s inconvenient for their narrative,” he added. “Just remember what we saw — the Russian collusion hoax. We saw it with the Hunter Biden laptop when they knew what the truth was and months later, they finally wanted to come forward. And we saw it throughout COVID, when liberals discredited facts that ended up prolonging lockdowns and school closures.”
McCarthy also slammed the disinformation board’s incoming chairperson, Nina Jankowicz, who cast doubt on The Post’s reporting on documents from Hunter Biden’s laptop. The New York Times and Washington Post recently acknowledged their belated verification of e-mails from the cache.
“She championed government lockdowns, going as far as saying, ‘force away! And lock us down.’ And she actively worked and spread misinformation that now has been proven false,” McCarthy said. “And they want to put her in charge. This person has no business serving in government, much less given a role to monitor information.”
Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie vote to confirm Bedoya, who is known as a critic of government surveillance programs. His confirmation breaks partisan gridlock on the board, which is charged with reviewing antitrust and consumer protection matters.