So this is a pretty neat trick.
Rep. Jerry Moran (R- KS) is trying to turn charges that he’s getting a break on his rent at C Street into attacks on his Christian faith. Seriously.Last month, as we reported, a group of Ohio pastors filed a complaint with the IRS alleging that the lawmakers who live at the C Street Christian fellowship house — a group that includes Moran — aren’t paying close to market rate for rent. That means, according to the pastors, that they’re getting an unreported gift from the house’s owners. Those owners have ties to a secretive Christian group, The Family, which has worked to curry favor with numerous world leaders and Washington lawmakers. Soon after the pastors acted, the good-government group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics followed up by making an ethics complaint.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=128197