Trump brags to faith community about made-up accomplishment

[babylonsister]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-brags-faith-community-about-made-accomplishment?cid=sm_fb_maddow&fbclid=IwAR3mUTO6SujS5S3MWzGXe4CZiJz5JPDFGArAB7gMU40ttjKhtWeVr3-_9bk

Trump brags to faith community about made-up accomplishment
05/03/19 09:20 AM
By Steve Benen

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But of particular interest was Trump’s boast about a specific provision in federal tax policy:

“One of the things I am most proud of is the Johnson Amendment. You can now speak your mind and speak it freely. […]

“I said I was going to do that….That was one of the things I said. They took away your voice politically and these are the people I want to listen to politically but you weren’t allowed to speak. They would lose their tax-exempt status.

“That’s not happening anymore so we got rid of the Johnson Amendment. That’s a big thing.”

Well, it would be a big thing, except Trump didn’t get rid of the Johnson Amendment. He keeps telling people that he did, but this accomplishment only exists in his mind.

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Postscript: At the same event yesterday, Vice President Mike Pence told attendees, “From early in this administration, President Trump has taken steps to ensure that the federal government will never, ever penalize anyone for their religious beliefs ever again.”

That might be less absurd if, early on in this administration, Trump hadn’t taken steps to impose a Muslim ban.

[spanone]

1. The Liar-in-Chief.

[Atticus]

2. I propose a new acronym: "YCMTSU" instead of typing out "You Just Can't Make

This Shit Up" several times a day.

[FakeNoose]

3. I have faith in our democracy, not in Chump

[MurrayDelph]

4. "made-up accomplishment"

Does he have any other kind?

[0rganism]

7. does he *need* any other kind?

[G_j]

5. One of the things I am most proud of....

(is something I never did..)

says a lot!

[ProudLib72]

6. "Johnson" amendment?

Mushroom amendment is more like it.