Mayorkas had a rough day before the Senate especially when Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) picked him apart and ended up uncovering a bigger problem.
A few days before the hearing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas did all the Sunday shows trying to play down fears about his brand new “Ministry of Truth.”
Mayorkas said “Ministry of Truth” head Nina Jankowicz is “eminently qualified” and “absolutely” neutral politically. The fact that he said that with a straight face is insane.
Mayorkas: Nina Jankowicz “eminently qualified” to lead disinformation board; “absolutely” neutral politically
Mayorkas also obfuscates on whether he’d support the same effort under Trump pic.twitter.com/9N1d0Pgny0
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 1, 2022
Does this look like a politically neutral person to you?
You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation 💁🏻♀️ https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn pic.twitter.com/WVQFA2bPmq
— Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) February 17, 2021
There are a lot more videos like the one above and Senator John Kennedy asked DHS Secretary Mayorkas about Jankowicz’s videos and about the fact that she claimed Hunter Biden’s laptop was disinformation.
Kennedy asked who picked Jankowicz’s to lead the board and Mayorkas took the responsibility of hiring her. The Senator then asked if he was aware of the videos and misinformation Jankowicz has spread online. Mayorkas said that the DHS does not comment on hiring practices and that he personally was not aware of the videos.
.@SenJohnKennedy takes DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas to task on the selection of “Ministry of Truth” Director Nina Jankowicz.
“Did [DHS] know that she had said that Mr. Hunter Biden’s laptop is Russian disinformation…that she had vouched for the veracity of the Steele dossier?” pic.twitter.com/KqOIm00vYR
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 4, 2022
Mayorkas got picked apart.
KENNEDY: “When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They’re really quite precocious.”
MAYORKAS: “I was not aware of those videos.” pic.twitter.com/eBgbwDMpok
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 4, 2022
Kennedy uncovered a bigger problem, Jankowicz was the only person they interviewed to run the board, and not one of them had half a brain to check her social media or at least sanitize it.
Senator Rand Paul also took a turn, it’s a long clip but really worth it.
Sen @RandPaul just EVISCERATED Secretary Mayorkas on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Ministry of Truth.”
“I think you’ve got no idea what disinformation is…Do you know who the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government.” pic.twitter.com/ZTnjUsTQne
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 4, 2022