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Mitch McConnell Crashes and Burns When Pressed for Evidence of Obama
Scandal
When asked for evidence of Obama’s role in the IRS scandal, Mitch
McConnell crashed and burned by babbling on about a culture of
intimidation with no supporting proof.
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GREGORY: Let me get right to it and start on the IRS. Why don’t you
accept the word from not only White House officials but from former
acting commissioner who said, these were foolish mistakes about
targeting con– conservative groups, but there is not evidence of a
political agenda?
SEN. MCCONNELL: Actually, there is a culture of intimidation
throughout the administration. The IRS is just the most recent
example. Let me just recount a few for your audience. Over at HHS,
back during the Obamacare debate, Secretary Sebelius sent out a
directive to health insurance companies telling them they couldn’t
inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of
Obamacare would be on them. Now she’s trying to shake them down for
contributions in effect to a group to go out and try to convince the
public that they should love Obamacare. Over at the FCC, there have
been efforts by Obama appointees to– to shut down or make difficult
people who are seeking to buy advertising to criticize the
administration. Over at the SEC, the Obama appointees have been
engaged in an effort to make it difficult for corporations to exercise
their First Amendment, political rights. The IRS– coming back to the
IRS. The head of the union at the IRS gives 99 percent of her campaign
money to Democrats. She openly criticizes the Republican House for
trying to reduce government spending and has specifically targeted Tea
Party groups in her public comments. It’s no wonder that the agents
and the IRS sort of get the message. The president demonizes his
opponent. The head of their union demonizes the people…
GREGORY: But Senator, that– that was a leap…
SEN. MCCONNELL: …who think that…
GREGORY: …that’s a leap that can you make as argument, but you don’t
have fact to back it up. You can create and I just asked…
SEN. MCCONNELL: Well, the investigation…