‘DANGER!’: Pelosi warns Trump administration heading towards ‘thought control’ with CDC word ban

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned against an attempt at “thought control” by the Trump administration in response to a report that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was told it was forbidden from using seven words in official documents related to the 2019 budget.

“DANGER!”, the California Democrat tweeted Saturday in all caps, adding that the administration is “going further down a dangerous and un-American path” by banning such words as “science-based” and “diversity.”

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