WASHINGTON—Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), will headline a timely and critical event focused on foreign influence in American elections. The July 25 event is co-hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s Center for Civility and Democracy and Freedom House. The bipartisan discussion between the chairmen of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, moderated by Fred Ryan, chairman of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s Board of Trustees, will focus on foreign threats to our electoral process and the actions leaders can take to counter false and misleading information in the lead-up to November and beyond.
The conversation will be followed by an expert panel discussion on disinformation with Kat Duffy of the Council on Foreign Relations, Lindsay Hundley of Meta, Kian Vesteinsson of Freedom House, and Gavin Wilde of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, moderated by Mark de la Iglesia, US democracy director at Freedom House.
Foreign influence operations by actors linked to authoritarian regimes like Russia and China pose a severe threat to U.S. security and democracy globally. Ahead of the 2024 U.S. elections, malign influence operations have the potential to stoke and spread confusion, division, and violence that risk interference with America’s free and open democratic process.
Journalists wishing to cover the event can request credentials here.
What: Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute and Freedom House Event
Who: Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Mike Turner, Fred Ryan, Kat Duffy, Lindsay Hundley, Kian Vesteinsson, Gavin Wilde, Mark de la Iglesia
When: July 25, 2024, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET
Where: Ronald Reagan Institute, 850 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
About the Ronald Reagan Foundation & Institute:
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute (RRPFI) is the sole nonprofit organization created by President Reagan charged with advancing his legacy and principles – limited government, individual liberty, economic opportunity, freedom and democracy, peace through strength, and national pride. RRPFI is a non-partisan organization which sustains the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, CA, the Reagan Center for Public Affairs, the Presidential Learning Center, The Air Force One Pavilion, the award-winning Reagan Leadership Academy, and the Reagan Institute, which carries out the Foundation’s mission in Washington, D.C. The Reagan Library houses over 55 million pages of Gubernatorial, Presidential and personal papers and over 60,000 gifts and artifacts chronicling the lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. It also
serves as the final resting place of America’s 40th President and his First Lady. More information is available at reaganfoundation.org.
Contact: Claude Chafin, [email protected]
About Freedom House:
Freedom House is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to create a world where all are free. Freedom House informs the world about threats to freedom, mobilizes global action, and supports democracy’s defenders.
Contact: [email protected]
