Tue Mar 14, 2023 – 4:17 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A group of 12 House Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday demanding answers regarding the State Department’s funding for a British firm that released a list of 2,000 news sites it deemed to peddle “disinformation,” including Breitbart and the New York Post, to advertising companies.
The letter, led by Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, demands that Blinken provide answers to questions regarding funding for a George Soros-backed British firm called the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the State Department’s Global Engagement Center. Other signers of the letter include Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Paul Gosar of Arizona, and Barry Moore of Alabama.
It’s time for Secretary Blinken to be transparent about the State Department’s involvement and knowledge of the GDI’s dangerous blacklisting and censorship efforts so we can ensure this violation of Americans’ First Amendment freedoms never happens again. https://t.co/6FBfGJZC5X
— Rep. Andrew Clyde (@Rep_Clyde) March 11, 2023
“These grants have real-world implications, chilling freedom of expression and speech with impunity,” the letter states.
“For example, considering the Energy Department and
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