A senior official from the Internal Revenue Service conceded Friday afternoon that she is "not good at math" during a conference call on the IRS targeting of conservative groups during the 2012 election:
IRS spox: "I'm not good at math."
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) May 10, 2013
The statement was in response to a question about what one-quarter of 300 is. The IRS flagged approximately 75 conservative groups that included the words "tea party" or patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status for further review. The official is a lawyer.
IRS says targeting of "tea party" label wasn't political. But can't point to non-conservative-sounding words that were targeted also.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) May 10, 2013
The official would not comment on whether the employees who participated in the acknowledged targeted were disciplined or not.
Update (3:51 p.m.): Audio here: