“The IRS is being used in exactly the same way as they tried to use the President’s birth certificate...Despite the complete lack of any evidence linking the President to the targeting of Tea Party groups, Republicans are using it as their latest weapon in the war against the black man in the White House....This afternoon, we welcome the latest phrase in the lexicon of Republican attacks on this President – the IRS. Three letters that sound so innocent, but we know what you mean.”
— MSNBC host Martin Bashir on his self-titled show, June 5, 2013.
MSNBC Equates Scrutiny of Obama With Racism
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