MTG says IRS will punish people who refuse to bake cakes for “some 5-year-old’s coming out party”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed that the IRS is going to force restaurants to host weddings with “drag queen story time for children” in a bizarre rant.

On her MTG Live broadcast on social media this week, Greene denounced the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill that was just passed by the Senate that is funded partly through increased enforcement of the tax code.

Greene, like many Republicans, claimed that the bill would add 87,000 new IRS agents – a number that CBS News called “misleading” – and she said that those agents aren’t going to enforce tax law but are instead going to punish people for not being liberal enough.

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“The Democrats want to hire 87,000 more IRS agents to, what, target conservatives!” Greene said. “Trump donors, Trump voters, Republicans, small business owners… I don’t know, if you refuse to bake a cake for some five-year-old’s coming out party with their new gender reveal.”

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“They’re going to target you! They’re going to target you if you refuse to host a wedding in your restaurant for, I don’t know, who knows, with a drag queen story time for children, whatever, they’re going to target you because they hate you. You’re the political enemy.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed Democrats will use IRS agents to “target” Trump supporting restaurant owners who refuse to host “drag queen story time for children” weddings. pic.twitter.com/UweB8HipEK

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