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HClinton questions

Mar 15, 2016 5:50AM PDT

She's been stating in her town hall speeches the same talking point for a number of weeks now....."No bank is too big to fail, and no executive is too big to jail"..........Wondering if she includes herself and her staff in those words?

Also, I thought it was against the law for a tax-exempt church to publicly support a candidate from the pulpit, and yet HC was in a Cleveland black church three days ago giving campaign speech. Will that church be investigated by the IRS? If not, why not?

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It's not the church doing it
Mar 15, 2016 6:15AM PDT

they have a "guest speaker" and I don't think that qualifies under LBJ's church hating law.

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If that's the case
Mar 15, 2016 6:57AM PDT

then why aren't Republican candidates actually campaigning in churches across the country? Do you think it's because they aren't aware that they actually could do that and not have those churches lose their tax-exempt status? I can't recall even one instance of any candidate doing this until I saw HC do it a few days ago.......no matter what party they were representing.

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Trump...in a church?
Mar 15, 2016 7:00AM PDT
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(NT) and your answer to my question is?
Mar 15, 2016 7:07AM PDT
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RE:your answer to my question is?
Mar 15, 2016 7:18AM PDT

why aren't Republican candidates actually campaigning in churches across the country?

No church could hold the HHUUUUGGGGEEE crowds

Do you think it's because they aren't aware that they actually could do that and not have those churches lose their tax-exempt status?

No

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It could just be based on the event
Mar 15, 2016 8:40AM PDT

She can't be invited to speak at regularly scheduled church services, of course, and nor can a pastor use such services to promote a political candidate. Church congregations do have their own groups and committees that can sponsor or hold events and these could include inviting speakers to address various topics of concern. Those speakers could be people already holding office or seeking office. In the case of churches whose congregation has a large "ethnic" population, the speaking topic could well be one regarding issues of that ethnic community. This may be how Hillary and Bernie got invited to those Cleveland churches. As I read, Kasich was also invited to speak though I'd guess not at the same time as Hillary.