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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump brags to faith community about made-up accomplishment
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-brags-faith-community-about-made-accomplishment?cid=sm_fb_maddow&fbclid=IwAR3mUTO6SujS5S3MWzGXe4CZiJz5JPDFGArAB7gMU40ttjKhtWeVr3-_9bkTrump brags to faith community about made-up accomplishment
05/03/19 09:20 AM
By Steve Benen
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But of particular interest was Trumps boast about a specific provision in federal tax policy:
One of the things I am most proud of is the Johnson Amendment. You can now speak your mind and speak it freely. [
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I said I was going to do that .That was one of the things I said. They took away your voice politically and these are the people I want to listen to politically but you werent allowed to speak. They would lose their tax-exempt status.
Thats not happening anymore so we got rid of the Johnson Amendment. Thats a big thing.
I said I was going to do that .That was one of the things I said. They took away your voice politically and these are the people I want to listen to politically but you werent allowed to speak. They would lose their tax-exempt status.
Thats not happening anymore so we got rid of the Johnson Amendment. Thats a big thing.
Well, it would be a big thing, except Trump didnt get rid of the Johnson Amendment. He keeps telling people that he did, but this accomplishment only exists in his mind.
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Postscript: At the same event yesterday, Vice President Mike Pence told attendees, From early in this administration, President Trump has taken steps to ensure that the federal government will never, ever penalize anyone for their religious beliefs ever again.
That might be less absurd if, early on in this administration, Trump hadnt taken steps to impose a Muslim ban.
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Trump brags to faith community about made-up accomplishment (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2019
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spanone
(135,958 posts)1. The Liar-in-Chief.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)2. I propose a new acronym: "YCMTSU" instead of typing out "You Just Can't Make
This Shit Up" several times a day.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)3. I have faith in our democracy, not in Chump
MurrayDelph
(5,307 posts)4. "made-up accomplishment"
Does he have any other kind?
0rganism
(23,996 posts)7. does he *need* any other kind?
G_j
(40,372 posts)5. One of the things I am most proud of....
(is something I never did..)
says a lot!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)6. "Johnson" amendment?
Mushroom amendment is more like it.