Lindsey Graham thinks the President should release tax returns

CNN ^ | Sep 17 | By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN

[RandFan]

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump has long resisted releasing his tax returns in a break with historic precedent, but even one of his closest allies in the Senate thinks he should.

Asked if Trump should release his tax returns, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told CNN on Thursday, "Yeah, I think everybody should. I've said that for a long time." Graham has sought to make financial disclosure an issue in his reelection by releasing 11 years of state and federal tax returns for press review and demanding that his Democratic opponent, Jaime Harrison, do the same. "What is he hiding?" Graham tweeted last Saturday.

Harrison has since released the details of several years of past tax returns. South Carolina newspaper The State reported earlier this week that after asking both campaigns for candidate tax returns, Harrison's campaign let the newspaper review his returns from 2012 through 2018. In response to a call from Graham for him to release tax returns, Harrison tweeted on Tuesday, "Done. Now do President Trump."

A recent poll from Quinnipiac University showed the two candidates tied with 48% of likely voters supporting Graham and 48% backing Harrison. That follows an August Quinnipiac poll that had the two candidates tied, with 44% each among registered voters. Harrison, a former state party chairman, has been outraising Graham, bringing in about $14 million in the second quarter compared to Graham's $8.4 million.

[nfldgirl]

I plan to write in the candidate I voted for in the primary. I just cannot give Graham my vote, not this time. Let the chips fall where they may.

[WASCWatch]

I’d like to see one person point to a provision in the Constitution that requires any elected official to disclose their tax returns.

[WWG1WWA]

Does your tax release include your offshore accounts, Lindsey?

[onona]

I'm in SC. I will vote for this jackwagon to keep the senate.

My son is conservative (also in SC). He HATES Graham. With a passion. and doesn't care who gets the seat as long as it isn't linseed.

He may have a point

[WWG1WWA]

Every year his forms are audited. If there was anything amiss, the Impeachment Squad would have already exposed it.

[Migraine]

That’s right.

[Seaplaner]

I used to think that yeah, what the hey? Release the returns.

Then it occurred to me that if returns are complicated, with numerous transactions involving numerous little rules (many of which conflict with one another) then the Dem tax lawyers would have a field day - even with a squeaky clean return.

It would not matter if President Trump had dotted every "t", there would be enough shades of grey to allege wrongdoings that never, ever happened. And the Soros media would go gaga.

Mister President, please consider releasing your tax returns only when Mister Obama releases his full, complete, and unaltered collegiate transcripts (including original student names), and when ALL of the passenger manifests from Jeffrey Epstein's "Lolita Express" 727 flights as it flew Democrats to "Pedophile Island" are made public.

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[Gator113]

I love your beautiful state, but I live about 3000 miles to the north west, so at least I don’t have to decide. ;>)

[5th MEB]

I turn off his show as soon as I hear his voice, can’t stand the DUMBASS!

[Crucial]

Lindsey is such a duplicitous puke.