Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott managed to trend on Twitter earlier today for his “blame the victim” comments at today’s IRS hearing, held by the House Ways and Means Committee. “Each of your groups is highly political,” he told those testifying, so they were really just asking for the extra scrutiny from the IRS by trying to score “a tax break.”
Fortunately, Rep. Aaron Schock was on hand to provide an antidote to McDermott’s poisonous comments. The Illinois Republican called out a certain nonprofit that goes by the name of Organizing for Action, also known online by the names barackobama.com and @barackobama. Its mission as a nonpolitical, nonpartisan 510(c)4 “social welfare” organization? “To support President Obama in achieving enactment of the national agenda Americans voted for on Election Day 2012.” You remember voting for that, right?
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/341956361833299968
Rep Schock just brought up OFA and his reading their mission statement about supporting Obama. #boom
— Heather Marie (@hfearny) June 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/341956474223861761
Schock now raising Organizing for Action, asks if that would qualify as "political."
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) June 4, 2013
Schock is comparing these tiny tea party groups to OFA. Brutal. #irshearing
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) June 4, 2013
Now Schock is reading from OFA website, and asking Dems whether mission to enact #Obama agenda is political, gets applause
— teriobrien (@teriobrien) June 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/341956819712880640
https://twitter.com/TexMex817/status/341957075800309763
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