A spokeswoman for Tea Party Patriots, one of the largest national tea party groups, on Friday called on President Barack Obama to apologize for the actions the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) took during the 2012 election in inappripriately targeting conservative groups for additonal reviews.
“It is suspicious that the activity of these ‘low-level workers’ was unknown to IRS leadership at the time it occurred,” said Jenny Beth Martin, the national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots, in a statement. “President Obama must also apologize for his administration ignoring repeated complaints by these broad grassroots organizations of harassment by the IRS in 2012, and make concrete and transparent steps today to ensure this never happens again.”
