-By Warner Todd Huston
MSNBC’s Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough, is nearly apoplectic over the recent IRS admission that it used the power of its office to intimidate conservative groups throughout Obama’s presidency. Not necessarily because the IRS was acting so poorly, but because the scandal hurts his anti-gun argument.
During the recent debate over gun control in the Senate, Scarborough was a big booster of the Toomey/Manchin gun bill.
One of the arguments against the two Senators’ bill was that expanded background checks would likely lead to an un-Constitutional gun registry. Opponents maintained that the government wasn’t trustworthy enough not to misuse the information that would be gleaned from universal background checks.
In April Scarborough called anyone that opposed his support of the Toomey/Manchin bill an “extremist.”
This week, after the current IRS scandal hit the news, Scarborough is changing his tune albeit if only slightly.
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Joe Scarborough: This IRS Scandal Sure Hurts My Anti-Gun, Let’s Trust Government Argument”