Two former Democrats targeted by the DHS are now running critical government agencies.
This week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health & Human Services. Under then-Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had targeted the duo and attempted to silence their pro-free speech advocacy.
- The Quiet Skies Blacklist
Just one day after she had appeared on Laura Ingraham’s show to discuss the Biden administration’s censorship, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) put veteran and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) on the “Quiet Skies” blacklist. This action stripped Gabbard of her flight preclearance and subjected her to enhanced scrutiny and surveillance everytime she traveled.
According to The Boston Globe, Quiet Skies comes out of the public-private partnership between the TSA and the heavily monopolized airline industry, and “specifically targets travelers who ‘are not under investigation by any agency and are not in the Terrorist Screening Data Base.’” As early as 2020, an Inspector’s General report had concluded that the “TSA did not properly plan, implement, and manage the Quiet Skies program to meet the program’s mission.” The TSA has not identified a single terror threat which was averted through Quiet Skies.
- The Denial of Secret Service Protection
Exercising their First Amendment right to engage in political advocacy, supporters of free speech advocate and Biden critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. donated to his presidential campaign. The DHS worked to divert the use of those donations to costly security fees.
Despite having congressional authorization to protect “[m]ajor presidential candidates,” the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) denied pro-free speech presidential candidate — and Biden rival — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. protection. This action by the USSS meant the astronomical cost of security fell on Kennedy’s campaign, while Kennedy’s opponent, Biden, could outsource his own costs on to the taxpayer. The USSS denied Kennedy protection even though both Kennedy’s father and uncle had been murdered in public by separate left-wing assassins.
Though the USSS briefly relented and gave Kennedy protection after another Biden opponent was shot in the face, it revoked the security without warning mere hours after Kennedy endorsed former and future President Donald J. Trump, according to Headline USA. This revocation came even as affiliates of Vice President Kamala Harris were actively arguing in court that Kennedy was still a major candidate and needed to be included on presidential ballots.
- Reversal of Fortune
While the previous administration targeted them, Gabbard and Kennedy now have critical roles in the administration of Republican President Donald J. Trump.
Kennedy, confirmed 52-48, will run the Department of Health & Human Services, which oversees American healthcare. Gabbard, also confirmed 52-48, will run the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which coordinates intelligence operations between government agencies.
Mayorkas left his position as Homeland Security secretary in January, eleven months after being impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Department of Homeland Security is now run by former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.
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