OPINION: 'Two tax experts interviewed by The Daily Beast suggested that the church could conceivably argue that it was simply affording DeSantis an opportunity available to any candidate,' writes MichaelDalynyc
held what his website termed “the campaign kick-off event” of “Our Great American Comeback” at an Iowa church that may well have been breaking a federal law on Tuesday evening.
Last week, DeSantis said he would welcome a bill to defund the IRS. He now appears to simply be ignoring it. Neither he nor the Eternity Church responded to a request for comment. But the church’s pastor, Jesse Newman, posted aon Tuesday afternoon, noting “Hillary spoke @ churches’ AND .”Biden spoke @ churches,” adding, “ They all use churches as venues.
“[The] Johnson amendment DOES NOT stop Pastors from talking politics,” Newman tweeted last week. “And if it did I would ignore it and preach the whole truth anyway! Our Faith MUST influence our Politics!”
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