A lawmaker used an MRC Free Speech America bombshell to imply that an embattled Biden cabinet member is financially accountable for violations of the First Amendment.
During a mark-up hearing of the Censorship Accountability Act, Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) on Thursday invoked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s name — the first cabinet member to be impeached by the House of Representatives since 1876 — to explain how the bill would protect Americans whose First Amendment rights have been violated by his actions.
Hageman said the bill seeks to “fundamentally change the mentality” of federal agencies, including DHS, that use their powers to block people from engaging in free speech. “It is a philosophical view of those who of us who drafted this that we do not believe that the federal government or agencies from top to bottom should…
