House Republicans clamored Wednesday to disband the Biden administration’s Disinformation Governance Board as the Senate confirmed Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission — giving the regulatory body a Democratic majority.House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) led condemnation of the board hours before Senate Republicans tried in vain to block Bedoya’s nomination after businesses expressed concern about the FTC taking a heavy hand in the name of consumer protections.“The president’s Ministry of Truth is just an un-American abuse of power,” McCarthy said. “It’s a scheme conjured up by Washington Democrats to grant themselves the authority to control free speech. They fear Americans having unfettered access to information because it will challenge the power that they want to have over people’s lives.
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