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And i know one thing. it never stopped dr. ben carson. he said the heck with the johnson amendment, right ben? ive been with ben and he did what he wanted to do. but not everybodys going to do that, ben. you know that, right? in america we do not fear people speaking freely from the pulpit. we embrace it. america has a rich tradition of social change beginning in our pews and our pulpits. perhaps there is no greater example than the role of the african-american church as the agent for social pro...

The hump. the hump that has been the inability to pass the thing campaigned on year after year after year campaign cycle after campaign cycle. repealing and replacing obamacare. we have seen multiple failures over the last two months. today there will be a vote on the repeal and replace plan. that comes in the form of an amendment targeted at trying to assuage the major concerns that held up this latest version of the proposal up to this point. that is price protections related to those with pre...

Protected even if it goes against government laws. this is something that really resonated with president trumps supporters during the campaign and he was also able to -- in terms of some of the single issue voters, for supreme court justice pick, this is the other half of it which is on a regular religious freedom and liberty. he has to do it, i think the timing is good hes being a man of his word and following through on his campaign promises. >> dana: they also said they are going to direct t...

>> in honor of dr. martin luther king. [ applause ] >> all right. president trump right there in the rose garden making remarks in classic trump fashion on the national day of prayer and also signing this executive order hes talking about right now. hell sign it and likely will do his show and tell as he often does. lets bring back the panel to discuss this. this is an executive order. its a very big deal to discuss this, abby. this gets to a law, the johnson amendment has been on the books sinc...

While right over here. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, all. thank you. no american should be forced to choose between the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith. as i campaigned across the country, faith leaders explained they were prevented from speaking their minds because of a 1954 rule known as the johnson amendment. i spoke about it a lot. under this rule, if a pastor, priest or imam, speaks about issues of public or political importance, they are ...

Could repeal the johnson amendment. they have a republican majority. thats not of course what the executive order does. it cant do that. the executive order does something more minor, but it does reflect the views of the administration, they want to protect and promote relimbious liberty, direct the irs to use discretion enforcing the johnson amendment we just talked about and offering some vague regulatory relief not defined to the religious objectives in the obamacare context. this is an execu...

A crippling financial punishment. very, very unfair. but no longer. i promised to take action if i won. if i didnt win, i gave you no promise. thats for sure. if i didnt win, i guess id be gone, right? id be out enjoying my life, i think, but i wouldnt be helping you with the johnson amendment. and to this end, this financial threat against the faith community is over. just a few moments, i will be signing an executive order to follow through on that pledge and prevent the johnson amendment from...

Amendment, as ari pointed out the johnson amendment remains under this, enforcement discretion that calls for a lot of changes that a lot of groups of faith are happy to see. i still think youre going to see quite a bit of pushback from people who feel that the government should not be in the business of giving you know this kind of preference to religious groups, that they get a tax exempt status and you know, that the obamacare mandate should exist the way it does and that is going to make cha...

Sermons or targeting pastors. >> under the federal tax code the johnson amendment says the irs can investigate churches and they can potentially lose tax exempt status if they engage in politics. trumps executive order intends to weaken that law, but only congress can repeal it. during his campaign trump told catholic television channel ewtn he was upset that the law was preventing him from getting religious endorsements. >> i said, when are you going to endorse me? and they said, we cant do tha...

Protected even if it goes against government laws. this is something that really resonated with president trumps supporters during the campaign and he was also able to -- in terms of some of the single issue voters, for supreme court justice pick, this is the other half of it which is on a regular religious freedom and liberty. he has to do it, i think the timing is good hes being a man of his word and following through on his campaign promises. >> dana: they also said they are going to direct t...