Posted on 05/11/2016 4:36:34 PM PDT by mandaladon
BLACKWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton took aim at Donald Trump on taxes Wednesday and quickly found an unlikely ally: 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Clinton noted at a New Jersey campaign rally that Trump had yet to release his tax returns and said he would slash taxes for the nation's wealthiest people if elected president. Hours later, Romney issued a withering post on Facebook, accusing Trump of hiding a damaging revelation in his tax returns.
"There is only one logical explanation for Mr. Trump's refusal to release his returns: there is a bombshell in them," Romney wrote. "Given Mr. Trump's equanimity with other flaws in his history, we can only assume it's a bombshell of unusual size."
Clinton and Romney called on Trump to release his tax returns following an Associated Press interview Tuesday, in which the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said he doesn't have an obligation to release the records and won't do so until an audit of his finances is completed.
"There's nothing to learn from them," he said in the interview.
While Trump will likely face Clinton in the general election, the Democratic front-runner took a much softer approach than Romney in New Jersey, which holds a June 7 primary. When a man in the crowd yelled, "What about his tax returns," Clinton said the nominees of both parties typically release them.
Clinton pointed out that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had put out more than three decades of tax records. "You've got to ask yourself why doesn't he want to release it," she said.
The state's governor, Trump ally Chris Christie, said it was "ironic" that Clinton was talking about the issue given her use of a private email address and server while serving as secretary of state.
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“”with all her speech payments that she refuses to divulge””
I believe the payments she’s received for speeches is a known quantity... What she refuses to reveal is the transcript of speeches to Wall Street firms...I believe! Don’t quote me on that.
Perhaps Romney wants to be Hillary’s VP...
Being a lousy ex-presidential loser candidate is one thing.
Sleeping with the enemy is another story.
When did Mittens finally release his tax info?
I think Mitt Romney is married to an underage girl.
Hillary makes everything an issue cuz she doesn't have anything better to do. Plus she's soooooooooooo jealous, too.
Very true. Yes, it was Trump who wrote me and many other RNC members in 2012 asking us to give generously to Romney. How soon Romney forgets. I despise people like Romney.
Unlikely duo? Ha! Romney could be her running mate.
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