Axelrod Says There Was No Political Motivation Behind IRS Targeting Conservatives

David Axelrod Dismisses IRS Scandal On NBC: Too ‘Stupid’ To Be Politically Motivated (Mediaite)

David Axelrod sparked a heated exchange with David Gregory’s roundtable on Meet the Press Sunday morning, when he attempted to widen the debate over the IRS scandal to undermine the concept of 501(c)(4)s in general.

“You heard Senator Schumer say these 501(c)(4)s, these are the groups IRS was looking at, should have a standard that no more than ten percent of their activities be involved in politics,” Axelrod said, responding to Chuck Schumer’s proposal earlier in the program. “But someone has to make that judgment. I think there’s something peculiar about that. The whole 501(c)(4) concept needs to be looked at. Groups applying for tax exemption and also to keep their donors secret, that’s the benefit they get from that. How do you decide what is political and not political? You’re inviting this kind of problem.”