Last week’s news that the IRS under the Obama administration had been targeting conservative groups leading up to the 2012 election wasn’t shocking. What’s interesting is Texas Republican House leadership is acting in a similar manner.
Obama’s little helper in the Texas House is Charlie Geren, who will be working today to disclose donors to tax exempt groups like the 501c3 and c4 groups Obama’s IRS targeted.
One of the most powerful tea party networks in the state resides in Geren’s backyard and they were targeted by the IRS. Over the last two election cycles Geren has seen his liberal Republican buddies lose at the hands of a more educated citizenry.
Not troubling to Geren or the bill’s author Senator Kel Seliger is the bill’s unconstitutional violation of the first amendment right to free speech.
Before now, the concept of the Obama Administration targeting conservative non-profit groups was hard for some conservative activists to face. For conservative activists who fear being criticized it wasn’t so much unbelievable as it was hard to say, or even think. Hopefully, the IRS news has given them the courage they need to face the facts.