Slam Dunk: Dick Durbin smacks down IRS Republican talking points like a Piñata

Slam Dunk: Dick Durbin smacks down IRS Republican talking points like a Piñata
May 26, 2013
By Anomaly


Chris Wallace asked U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Fox News Sunday questions regarding the IRS in which Republicans claim to be victim to. Durbin began with Citizens United, then lists a few reasons this occurred, or should occur.

Wallace asked, “Question, Senator — why single out Crossroads when you did not mention one single liberal group, and there were a bunch that were applying for that exempt-status exactly that point, with the name “progress” in their names?” and at that point, Durbin smacked down Republican talking points like a piñata.

Durbin responded, I can just tell you flat out why I did it, because that Crossroads organization was boasting about the money they were raising as a 501(c)(4).

Let’s get back to the basics. Citizens United really unleashed hundreds, if not thousands, of organizations seeking tax-exempt statuses to play in political campaigns. The law we wrote as Congress said that they had to exclusively be engaged in social welfare and not politics and campaigning.

And so, here is the IRS trying to decide whether or not these organizations really comply with the law. Crossroads was exhibit A. They were boastful about how much the money they were going to raise and beat Democrats.”

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