On Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to a question on the safety of the homeland 22 years after September 11 and criticism from Republicans about the national security threat of the border by stating that we face different threats than we did in 2001, and these include "The threat of adverse nation-states spreading disinformation and trying to sow discord in the United States was not something atop of mind, the frequency and gravity of extreme weather events."