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Grios.com. joy, she's got to figured out. abolish the irs, repeal obama care. everybody gets a tricornered hat. that's where we're going. >> we solved america's problem. at a certain point, you start to look ridiculous. with the right, that's an omnipresent risk. in this case, it's as if alex jones is now the head of the republican party because every conspiracy theory about barack obama as this evil, evil thug are all coming together and they've created this narrative but it's all out of their talk radio base. it's all out of their right wing online base. and they've now converged on congress...

Of the 300 groups the irs singled out for heightened review, about 25% of them featured those words in their paperwork according to agency officials. in the end, none of them were found to have violated any rules. in fact, not a single one of them have had their applications turned down to this point, although some reviews are still ongoing. if the words "tea party" and "patriot" are what you're screening for, it's hardly a surprise our next guest was one of those targeted. joining me now, jenny beth martin. also with us, joy reid, msnbc political analyst with the grios.com. let me just get yo...

>> the fbi is coordinating with the justice department to see if any laws were broken in connection with those matters related to the irs. those were, i think, as everyone can agree, if not criminal, they were certainly outrageous and unacceptable. >> and joining us now is goldie taylor, an msnbc contributor, and joy reid, who's the managing editor of the grios.com. a delight to have you both. i want to start with you, joy. you would agree, would you not, that focusing on one particular political position would be wrong? >> of course. >> has this ever happened before? >> as a matter of fact, i...

Rulss. it did so with an apparent political motive, essentially hand picking groups that had terms like "tea party" or "patriot" in their application. of the 300 groups the irs singled out for heightened review, about 25% of them featured those words in their paperwork according to agency officials. in the end, none of them were found to have violated any rules. in fact, not a single one of them have had their applications turned down to this point, although some reviews are still ongoing. if the words "tea party" and "patriot" are what you're screening for, it's hardly a surprise our next gue...

Ladies and gentlemen -- wherever he wants to go. that's fine. >> congo, kenya, zair, what difference does it make? let's bring in radio and tv talk show host, armstrong williams, joanne reid for the grios.com, and kelly goff, author of "the gq candidate." what's it going to take to end the birther allegations? is this not enough, joanne, kelly? >> i think for a certain part of the republican base their sort of hatred of barack obama, really their disappointment at not having had their preferred candidate, really sarah palin, win the last presidential election has caused a lot of people to deci...