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Rhiannon12866

(238,738 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 04:21 AM 13 hrs ago

Trump's IRS Nominee Dodges Basic Law--Warren Breaks It Down Line-by-Line - Liberal Lens



In this explosive Senate hearing, Senator Elizabeth Warren confronts Trump’s IRS Commissioner nominee with Section 7217 of the U.S. Tax Code, pressing him on whether it’s legal for the president to use the IRS as a political weapon. After Trump openly vowed to revoke Harvard’s nonprofit status as revenge, Warren demanded real answers—and what she got was evasion, denial, and political cowardice.

📺 Watch as Warren literally reads the law word-for-word, exposing this nominee’s refusal to defend the IRS from abuse of power. This moment isn’t just about taxes—it’s about democracy, rule of law, and whether Trump can turn government tools into weapons against his critics.

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Trump's IRS Nominee Dodges Basic Law--Warren Breaks It Down Line-by-Line - Liberal Lens (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago OP
Anyone who thinks the Democratic Paryt leadership isn't doing their job should listen to this MadameButterfly 11 hrs ago #1
Thank you! And Elizabeth Warren is one of our very best, she clearly knows her stuff Rhiannon12866 11 hrs ago #2
I voted for her in the 2020 presidential primary. Dr. T 11 hrs ago #3

MadameButterfly

(3,256 posts)
1. Anyone who thinks the Democratic Paryt leadership isn't doing their job should listen to this
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 06:17 AM
11 hrs ago

Elizabeth Warrren is grilling this idiot as he deserves.

It won't make a diffenece, because the Republican have given up their right to have a voice. They are pawns of Trump and they are the majority.
But what Warren is doing needs to get the publicity it deserves.

Thank you for the post.

Rhiannon12866

(238,738 posts)
2. Thank you! And Elizabeth Warren is one of our very best, she clearly knows her stuff
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 06:23 AM
11 hrs ago

Unlike every single one of TFG's unqualified nominees!

Dr. T

(299 posts)
3. I voted for her in the 2020 presidential primary.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 06:44 AM
11 hrs ago

She speaks truth to the powerful like few others, particularly in the economic realm. I've never figured out why her nomination didn't gain traction.

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