Listen to Arthur Brooks introduction of Mitch McConnell in this AEI video. About a minute in, he talks about how the IRS began targeting political groups as part of its Ideological Organizations Audit Project, which followed directly from President Kennedy’s complain about ideological organizations in a 1961 speech. That’s not the sole subject of the video or Minority Leader McConnell’s address, but it is a striking and noteworthy way to start.
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