President Donald Trump praised the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) for his decision to allow churches to support political candidates, stating that he could “now” political support.
When? Asked What was his “response” to the IRS decision by a reporter on Wednesday, Trump said that his administration “has great respect for people leading the church.” Trump said that “if someone wants faith” to have a political support, it is something he would like to “hear.”
“IRS says the church can now support political candidates,” the reporter said. “What is your response to this, and how do you expect to impress some of the work on the continent? There are many American churches that are doing missionaries on the continent. Do you support it?”
Trump replied, “I love the fact that churches can support a political candidate.” “I think so, because we have great respect for those who lead the church -the pastor, and the minister, and the rabbi, and all different leaders, all different religions, and people respect those, and I think nothing is wrong.”
Trump continued to explain that under Johnson Amendment, the churches faced “very large punishment” for the political support of the candidates.
The court documents said by IRS on Monday that Trump’s comments came that the churches should be allowed to support political candidates. The court filing came in connection with the IRS’s decision “A Union of two Texas Churches and Christian broadcasters”, which sued the IRS and asked a federal court “to rule that all non -profit, religious and secular, can do political support, political support. new York Times,
The agency made a statement in a court that two Texas were filed in a court to settle the trial filed by a union of Churches and a union of Christian broadcasters.
The plaintiff, prosecuting the Internal Revenue Service, had earlier asked a federal court in Texas to create an even more comprehensive discount – to rule that all non -profit, religious and secular, were free to support candidates for their members. This would have eradicated a bedroom idea of American non-profit law: that tax-free groups cannot be used as a tool for any campaign.
According to the IRS website: “In 1954, the Congress approved an amendment by the then-Sen”. Lindon b. Johnson “601 (C) (3) to restrict organizations, including donations and churches being engaged in any political campaign activity.”
