During the July 26th Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, probing the “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security”, Republican lawmaker Mike Johnson unleashed an EPIC Smackdown to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over ongoing government-driven censorship of conservatives on the Big Tech platforms. The exchange was centered around an MRC Free Speech America FOIA investigation that connected the DHS to undercutting free speech by associating it with neo-Nazism and other hate groups.
Rep. Johnson questioned Mayorkas on the mission of curbing “misinformation”, calling it the “most Orwellian and Dystopian” one. He wanted to know, “Who determines what’s inaccurate? Who determines what’s false?” Johnson proceeded to reiterate the core principles of the First Amendment and the Founding Fathers’ reasoning behind its provisions.
He cited how “The Framers of our Constitution did not create an exception for ‘false information’ from the First Amendment because they didn’t trust the government to determine what it is”.
Mayorkas replied by trying to debunk Johnson’s argument. However, Johnson had enough proof as he cited the “finding of fact” in the courtroom of Attorneys General Andrew Bailey of Missouri and Jeff Landry of Louisiana that there was no distinction between domestic and foreign speech. Johnson rebuked Mayorkas’s answer that they only focused on “adverse, adversaries around the world, foreign actors” as false.
The Smackdown of Mayorkas never happened before. Johnson sent a clear message about the need to protect First Amendment rights as Big Government and Big Tech come together to impede it.
Johnson’s hefty work on the issue should be applauded because he is truly standing up against the outrageous infringement of free dialogue in America. He is holding not only Mayorkas but the Biden Administration accountable. Americans everywhere should see this as the sparking of a revolution, one that will bring back the real freedom and free speech that this country was founded upon.
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