Myths/the IRS targeted conservatives
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Myth
Claim: The IRS specifically targeted "conservative" organizations for review of their tax-exempt status while leaving liberal organizations alone.
Examples
- 2014-11-03, Daily Caller: BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal: "Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"
Reality
This is completely false, and was a fake scandal created and maintained by the Republican Party.
Links
- 2014-11-04, PolitiFact: Jeanne Shaheen hit by last-minute attack over Lois Lerner controversy at IRS: rated FALSE