Did the President under estimate the People's disdain for the IRS?

The President is on the defensive about the IRS’s illegal abuse of power.

The public may tolerate certain excesses of power.

But nearly all taxpayers despise the IRS, and every legislator knows this.

And when an administration uses the IRS as a weapon, everybody in governmen, and every government sycophant knows they may get stigmatized by an outraged public.

And most of them are going to try to create distance between themselves and an abusive administration.

In my opinion, a politician can screw up a million ways and get away with it in the eyes of an uneducated, apathetic public.

Until they start using the IRS as their goons.

At that point, people start paying attention.

Does the President not agree with me on that point?