While Republicans attack the Obama administration over some IRS
agents auditing conservative groups with the words "Tea Party" and
"patriot" in their names, they weren't particularly outraged when the
IRS targeted liberal groups during President George W. Bush's
presidency, noted Salon.com.
“I wish there was more GOP interest when I raised the same issue
during the Bush administration, where they audited a progressive church
in my district in what look liked a very selective way,” Rep. Adam
Schiff (D-CA) told MSNBC on Monday (video below).
One of the liberal groups targeted by the IRS under the Bush
administration was All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California,
reported the Los Angeles Times.
The IRS actually threatened to revoke the church's tax-emption
because Pastor George Regas said: ‘Mr. President, your doctrine of
preemptive war is a failed doctrine," on the Sunday before the 2004
election.
Ironically, conservative churches that actively campaigned for President Bush in 2004 were not audited by the IRS, reported the New York Times.
According to the Baltimore Sun, the IRS also went after the NAACP after they said Bush was the first president since Herbert Hoover not to address the organization.
According to the Baltimore Sun, the IRS also went after the NAACP after they said Bush was the first president since Herbert Hoover not to address the organization.
In 2006, the IRS investigated the liberal environmental group
Greenpeace after a conservative group called "Public Interest Watch,"
which had financial ties to Exxon, pushed for an investigation, reported
Democracy Now.
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