Posted on 02/24/2016 2:54:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Wednesday on Fox News there is good reason to believe there is a "bombshell" to be found in Donald Trump's back taxes.
Asked by host Neil Cavuto why he hadn't officially backed a Republican for the 2016 nomination, Romney said he would like to see the back taxes from several of the candidates. Taxes were a sore spot for Romney in 2012, with then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) publicly accusing him of not even paying them.
"This will give us a real sense of whether these people are on the up and up and whether they've been telling us things about themselves that are true or not," Romney said. "Frankly, I think we have good reason to believe that there's a bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes."
"What do you mean?" Cavuto asked.
"I think there's something there," Romney said. "Either he's not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or he hasn't been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay, or perhaps he hasn't been giving money to the vets or to the disabled like he's been telling us he's been doing, and the reason that I think there's a bombshell in there is because every time he's asked about his taxes he dodges and delays and says, well, we're working on it."
Romney said voters have a right to see the tax returns from the nominees before making their choice. Later, Cavuto asked if by using the word "bombshell," Romney was truly questioning whether Trump had been truthful about helping veterans.
"It's very possible," he said. "You know, Donald Trump has said he's the best in the country for the disabled veterans and for the disabled generally. Well, if his taxes show that he hasn't made any contributions to the disabled veterans, or to the disabled generally, that would be a big issue. I'm not saying that's the case. I have no evidence of that, but I'm just saying there are things that could be issues, and when people decide they don't want to give you their taxes, it's usually because there's something they don't want you to see."
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Romney is working with Harry Reid
Two Mormons in a the same pair of magic underwear.
Actually I don’t think Romney thought this up. This was all planned and Cavuto can pretend he didn’t know what was going to be said — I say he Did Know. Why else let him come on except to pass on some GOPe (Rove dirty trick) innuendo. They have taken back the media air time for tonight - it’ll come back to bite.
No class at all
You have the money, enjoy it and stay out of the headlines.
#53 so you didn’t support the Party’s nominee in 12 but we all must vote for Donnie or we are to blame for Hillary?
So we can blame you for 4extra years of Barky!
Being that’s the case I don’t think you are a person anyone should look to for sage advice being an Obama Supporter.
To paraphrase Clubber Lang: “Don’t need no Has Beens in our corner.” Oh, and take your lame strategists with you; we don’t need to hear what those losers say, either.
And here’s another one!
Donald J. Trump â€Â@realDonaldTrump 10m10 minutes ago
When Mitt Romney asked me for my endorsement last time around, he was so awkward and goofy that we all should have known he could not win!
“So Milt is pulling a “Harry Reid†on Don Trump?”
You nailed that one. Good call.
Charles the Kraut....just went full Harry Reid tonight on Fox.
in january, didn’t trump say they were coming ? so where are they, i wonder.
LOL!! My fave Trump McRomney line - so far! - is....
Romney choked!! He choked like a dog!
;-)
Took Trump’s money; lost; rat.
A fight between two N.Y. Limousine Liberals is like two gay guys slapping reach other in a phone booth.
Funny....but Trump has brought more voters to the party than McQueeg, McRomney or ANY Pubbie candidate has been able to do....for over a decade.
Trump is bringing in just about EVERY demographic....something the RNC *claims* they’ve been trying to do for years.
And, look how they’re treating the frontrunner Trump.
Telling!!
Nice original work by our own Freeper Jeff Head about Trump:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3401409/posts
“Charles the Kraut....just went full Harry Reid tonight on Fox.”
Thank you for the report. I cannot believe how far in the gutter that people like Kraut are sinking to. Just amazing that they are destroying their credibility like this.
Er, 1) the “big guns” have been out for Trump since June (nada) and 2) Cruz was always out of the way. Never a real contender despite $$ and effort.
This is a loser who got his ass handed to him by Harry Reid
We're working on it? That's easy... just call the IRS and authorize them to release your tax returns. Shouldn't take long....
GOP-e should be on their collective knees thanking G_D this sea change and ground swell ground a candidate is in THEIR party and not in the ‘competing’ party.Just proves they don’t give a damn about winning. They would rather lose to Clintoon and feed off the crumbs that fall of the table, than accept change even for an election cycle. Burn the GOP down
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