What is being made a fuss about is that his TAX REPORTED giving does not meet some other persons expectation.
I do not report all of my charitable giving on my taxes. A good part of it is that not all of my charitable giving is easily reportable. Another reason is that I may have given money to someone in need and NOT wanted to report it because of how it would screw up their taxes.
Another reason a person may not report it on their personal income tax is that some of the giving may have been done through other means such as funds or businesses. For example, a wealthy person (Trump) often minimizes their income for tax reasons. They structure their income to remain in their businesses or in non profit funds. Those then in turn make charitable donations.
My view, someone is making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Yea, I agree this thread is gutter low and shows the extreme people will go to smear Ted Cruz. If your going to appoint yourself as a judge of the law, have at it, you just raised yourself to be judged by a perfect standard that you will never be able to attain. He that lives by the law and breaks just one is guilty of all.