So Ted Cruz IS eligible to run for president. what did you think of his announcement?

deadpresidents:

Yes, Ted Cruz is eligible to run for President.

I’m glad that you asked about his announcement, though. While a lot of people have brought up Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be President, nobody has brought up Ted Cruz’s big announcement at a mandatory student event at Liberty University.

This is from Liberty University’s website:

Well, that makes sense. Liberty University is not only an educational institution, but one that was founded and is run by the Southern Baptist Church, so they should probably be especially careful about protecting that tax exempt status, don’t you think?

It’s funny that Ted Cruz wants to eliminate the Internal Revenue System, because I had some familiarity with 501©3 organizations and wondered about a few things that I noticed regarding Senator Cruz’s announcement at Liberty University, so I went to the IRS website and found this helpful publication. It helps explain the rules and restrictions on tax exempt organizations when it comes to political advocacy. 

Rules such as this:

And this:

And this:

And this:

In case you missed that part in #6:
•a political candidate cannot speak about his candidacy for public office at a 501©3 tax exempt organization (like Liberty University)
•a political candidate cannot in his capacity as a candidate at a 501©3 tax exempt organization (like Liberty University)
•a political candidate can’t make any reference to his candidacy for office or his involvement in an upcoming election at a 501©3 tax exempt organization (like Liberty University)
•a political candidate’s appearance at a 501©3 tax exempt organization (like Liberty University) can’t include any sort of campaign activity — you know, like having students who are mandated to attend the appearance send a text to the a phone number set up by the campaign for data mining purposes
•a 501©3 tax exempt organization (like Liberty University) must maintain a non-partisan atmosphere when the political candidate is present

Hmmm…I’d want to get rid of the IRS, too, if I violated numerous restrictions regarding political activity in connection with tax exempt organizations on the very first day of my campaign.

Boy, this Ted Cruz 2016 thing is going to be fun!