During an interview released on Thursday’s edition of the “Fox News Rundown,” podcast, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) stated that the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board is like something out of satire and she understands why people aren’t fans of the idea.
Slotkin stated, [relevant remarks begin around 5:40] “I understand why it’s being sort of teased and mocked. Because it comes right out of kind of satire, I guess, and I just need to learn more about it. I don’t know what the plan is, what the goals are. And certainly, we know that there is a problem with purposeful misinformation and disinformation. I mean, when Russia invaded Ukraine, private cable companies decided that they were no longer going to carry RT, Russia Today, on their cable packages. That was a unilateral decision by a private sector company, which I agree with. ……