Posted on 12/13/2023 1:36:24 PM PST by backpacker_c
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis blamed former President Donald Trump for the controversial Satanic altar erected in Iowa’s State Capitol this month, pointing out that the IRS granted the Satanic Temple tax-exempt status in 2019 during the Trump administration.
So it’s interesting, I heard this and then I was like, well how did it get there? Is that even a religion? And lo and behold, the Trump administration gave them approval to be under the IRS as a religion. So that gave them the legal ability to potentially do it. So I don’t know what the legislature– what they, how they analyzed it, but it very well may be because of that ruling under Donald Trump that they may have had a legal leg to stand on. My view would be that’s not a religion that the founding fathers were trying to create, but I do you think that IRS ruling– I was really surprised to see that they did that.
“Yeah, exactly, but they recognized it as a religion because otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to do it,” DeSantis noted. “I don’t think that was the right decision.
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Also, apparrently desanctimious wants the ability for him to be able to dictate what is an approved religion in the U.S. according to what his feelings are...
Under his view, the left could decide Christianity (or, like now, Catholicism) wasn't desirable, and ban or otherwise ostracise it.
more info in article...
DeSantis is hamas.
Whatever respect I had for DeSantis, and I was pretty
favorable to him even after he jumped in (although I
thought it was a mistake), he has destroyed it.
Good grief! It wasn’t Trump at all. It was the leftist radicals that run the IRS. The same ones who let Hunter Biden and Joe get away with bribery. So we can blame Trump for that too I guess except it’s the deep state that’s responsible.
Wonder what he’ll discover about New Hampshire
Agreed..............
Never before have I seen someone so completely destroy their political career.
FTA: So it’s interesting, I heard this and then I was like, well....
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Someone who writes this way is not to be taken seriously.
“Never before have I seen someone so completely destroy their political career.”
It’s just amazing.
Jeb! spent $130 million for three delegates.
Ron! is going to spend $200 million for zero.
DeSantis is hamas.
I’m not a DeSantis supporter, but that’s way out of line.
Satanism has been a government sanctioned relig religion for well over 30 years.
DeSantis has done his best to replicate the Dean Scream of self destruction.
It’s a state issue.
It is often said that Trump makes unforced errors, and it is true.
But just as true, all of them do. And DeSantis has made them too.
I wish he hadn’t jumped into this election cycle.
I think he would have been a more palatable candidate running against anyone but Trump. He should have waited until 2028 as he indicated he would (IIRC...someone will correct me if I am wrong) IMO
But I think with a lot of those folks, they get people whispering in their ear, and the draw becomes irresistible for them.
So Donald Trump himself reviewed and approved every IRS ruling?
That has been my impression as well. I hate it, but...Leftists gotta be Leftists, and to them, making the case with something that absurd is what they do.
Exactly right. And the "consultants" keep them in the bubble, so they have no idea what is going on in the real world.
It is the worst campaign in my lifetime.
Meatball is fully exposed as a NeverTrump hack. He’s radioactive and unelectable.
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