2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton questions whether Trump is as wealthy as he claims | Wash Post
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at IBEW Local 11 in Commerce, Calif., on Tuesday May 24, 2016. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hillary Clinton upped the pressure on Donald Trump to release his tax returns on Thursday, suggesting that he is trying to hide unflattering revelations about his finances.
Either hes paying no taxes or hes paying very little, Clinton said. The only way to find out which it is is for him to release.
Ether hes as wealthy as he claims or maybe hes not, the only way to find out is for him to release.
Trump, now the likely Republican nominee, has refused to release his tax returns, which is not a requirement but a longtime practice for candidates running for president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/26/clinton-questions-whether-trump-is-as-wealthy-as-he-claims/
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Pot meet kettle.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)that, by now, only a few of Sanders' most ardent fans, give a shit about.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)that, by now, only a few of Sanders' most ardent fans, give a shit about.
ETA: And most of that few, seem to post to DU.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)At this point. The damage has already been done.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)The folks DEMANDING the transcripts, are (largely) the BoBers ... and have always been.
This is like ME running for office and concerning myself with losing the klan voters.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)IMHO damaged her credibility. Yes the loudest voices are the BoB crowd but that doesn't mean that no one in the mainstream cares.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)that she has never had any credibility?
The "mainstream" has spoken ... THEY DON'T CARE!!!
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I'm talking about the grey demographic where it does matter. There will always the people who are ride or die for Hillary and there will aways be the neverHillary crowd. For the rest, nuance makes a difference.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)metroins
(2,550 posts)That was funny.
Beacool
(30,254 posts)Try to focus, the enemy is Trump and the Republicans, not fellow Democrats.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)It makes me want to puke every time a Hillary supporter uses that excuse. Apparently, that's all you've got.
Beacool
(30,254 posts)So, yes, defeating Trump is the most important issue from here until election day.
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)I've seen a lot on DU in the past 14 years.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Why would his wealth be any different? He is a Potemkin's village of a man and of a politician.
Like all reality TV, he is a lie.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,388 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)He just learned from his reaction to having li'l smokey sausage fingers that it only gives them ammo
He's too narcissistic not to eventually cave
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Team Clinton is a master of using their opponents strengths against them.
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)I think he's gonna crack like a cheap wooden toilet seat.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)It will be fun to watch!
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)It's going to be a hoot!
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)Trump is a man of the people like Sanders and Hillary Clinton is trying to steal the presidency from both of them.
cali
(114,904 posts)She needs to get a clue from Warren
BootinUp
(47,231 posts)go too far into the dirt, it can be seen as positive still by many voters. On the other hand they will certainly welcome help from Warren and any others to raise the decibels so to speak. Warren has been particularly effective.
cali
(114,904 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)hit him where it hurts, his ego
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)Anything especially if its true and obvious, like the reverse racoon eyes and orangish-tan wrinkled face with overbleached teeth.
Hopefully he'll get botox soon and have that goofy Wayne Newton balloon face look too.
Or the fact that he would have done better with his investments had he just put daddy's money in an indexed fund. Such a financial whiz and real estate guru!
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)BootinUp
(47,231 posts)Today, Im releasing my own familys tax returns from 2007 to 2014, adding those years to previous releases going back to 1977. Since 2007, we have paid $43,885,310 in federal taxes and made $14,959,450 in charitable contributions. Weve also paid $13,625,777 in state and local income taxes. Last year, we paid an effective federal tax rate of 35.7 percent and a combined federal, state, and local effective rate of 45.8 percent. We contributed 10.8 percent of our income to charity. In 2013, the numbers were similar. We paid an effective federal tax rate of 35.4 percent and a combined rate of 44.6 percent, and donated 11.4 percent of our income to charity.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/tax-returns/
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)BootinUp
(47,231 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)BootinUp
(47,231 posts)Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)a former first couple have many expenses that ordinary people don't. They cannot move into a studio or the nearest homeless shelter
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)and seems to be saying "no"
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)And being rich means he's way smarter than commoners like me.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,218 posts)No word on what he thinks a genuine Trump Dump® is worth.
840high
(17,196 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)How the Clintons went from "dead broke" to multi- multi-millionaires in just a couple of years.