But what about an ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, college transcripts and all that other chit obozo deep sixed?
Tax returns are minor compared to the matter of his ELGIBILITY to even hold the office!
Its the job of a politician’s opponents, in his own party for the primaries and from opposition parties in the general election, to uncover any damaging information that they can find.
A candidate is under no legal obligation to release any personal information other than what federal campaign finance laws require. No state in the Union requires a birth certificate in order to get on the ballot.
McCain never released a copy of his birth certificate or Naval Academy transcripts. Romney and Trump released short form birth certificates, just like Obama did in 2008 but no college transcripts. Candidates don’t control their original birth certificates, the state or county where they were born control those. They can be released for inspection via a court order from a judge.
In this age of Wikileaks, there is no information that can’t be hacked, even some of our nation’s top secret files have been leaked.
Tax returns are just a traditional information release that all presidents have done over the last half century. I say leave it to the voters to decide what they need to know in order to give a candidate their support. Obviously not enough voters cared about Obama’s birth certificate or college transcripts to stop him from being elected and not enough people cared about Trump’s tax returns to stop his election either.