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TexasTowelie

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:32 AM Dec 2016

Trey Gowdy and veterans group defend free speech

U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy joined with a national veterans group Monday night to sound the alarm on threats to free speech in America.

Gowdy and Concerned Veterans for America were critical about what they see as retaliatory actions against whistleblowers within federal governmental agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service.

“I don’t like bullies,” Gowdy said, speaking to an audience of a few hundred at the Old Cigar Warehouse. “Government against whistleblowers is an unequal fight.”

Gowdy, a Republican who represents parts of Greenville and Spartanburg counties, blasted the IRS for the controversy in which conservative groups saw their tax-exempt status targeted for intensive scrutiny.

Read more: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2016/12/19/gowdy-and-veterans-group-defend-free-speech/95621464/

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Trey Gowdy and veterans group defend free speech (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP
Free speech cuts both ways Trey Eye Goughy. Lint Head Dec 2016 #1
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