Wyden: Trump Is Illegally Weaponizing the Tax Code And Every American Is At Risk
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., blasted Donald Trump’s reported order to revoke Harvard’s nonprofit status based on the content of its courses.
“If Trump gets away with weaponizing the tax system to target a political enemy, every American is at risk. The First Amendment and federal tax law make clear no president can raise a university’s taxes because he doesn’t like what they teach. If this corrupt shakedown scheme stands, nonprofits from churches, to temples to hospitals could be forced to echo Trump’s MAGA line or see their taxes hiked. Any Republican who claims to believe in the Constitution and doesn’t speak up is responsible for what happens next.”
A web version of this statement is here.
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