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DeSantis to eliminate ‘corrupt’ IRS.

Roy FrancisMay 27, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Vows to Abolish “Corrupt” IRS if Elected President in 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks about his new book ‘The Courage to Be Free’ in the Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

OAN’s Roy Francis
10:28 AM – Saturday, May 27, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is making headlines again, this time for his bold statement that he would abolish the “corrupt” Internal Revenue Service if he were to be elected President in 2024.

“So, the answer’s yes. I think the IRS is a corrupt organization and I think it’s not a friend to the average citizen or taxpayer,” DeSantis responded. “We need something totally different. I’ve supported all of the single rate proposals, I think they would be a huge improvement over the current system and I would be welcoming to take this tax system, chunk it out the window and do something that’s more favorable to the average folks.”

DeSantis has been a vocal critic of the IRS and its practices for years. In fact, in August 2022, he called the Biden administration’s effort to expand the IRS with 87,000 new agents a “middle finger to the American Public.” He believes that the new agents would mostly target small businesses and middle-class citizens who work day-to-day jobs.

“Of all the things that have come out of Washington that have been outrageous, this has got to be pretty close to the top,” DeSantis said. “I think it was basically just the middle finger to the American public, that this is what they think of you.”

“They are going to go after independent contractors, they’re going to go after small business people, they’re going to go after someone that may be driving an Uber or a handyman or all these things,” DeSantis added. “Why would they do that? Because you’re not going to be able to contend with the audit, so they’re going to crush a lot of people by doing that.”

DeSantis has also been known to support a national sales tax while serving in Congress from 2013-2018. However, the Trump-aligned super PAC, MAGA Inc., slammed the governor for his support of a national sales tax.

“In Congress, Ron DeSantis backed a national sales tax, a 23% tax hike on almost everything you buy … from the gas station to the grocery store,” an add by the super PAC said.

DeSantis, on the other hand, had said that he supported the national sales tax because, according to the bill, it would replace all other federal taxes including income tax.

Bryan Griffin, the political team press secretary for DeSantis, told Fox News that the governor wanted to lower the overall tax burden and “end the IRS” which was “being weaponized by the Obama administration.”

DeSantis co-sponsored the bill called the Fair Tax Act in 2013, 2015, and 2017.