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Home Front: Politix
Trump Hits Back at Tax Protests, Asks 'Who Paid' for Rallies
2017-04-17
[An Nahar] U.S. President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
on Sunday hit back at nationwide protests calling for him to release his tax returns, questioning "who paid for" the "small" rallies.

"Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!" the president tweeted Sunday morning.

That message came about an hour after an earlier tweet when he appeared to suggest the matter was a non-issue.

Trump has previously said Americans don't care about his returns.

"I did what was almost an impossible thing to do for a Republican-easily won the Electoral College! Now Tax Returns are brought up again?" Trump tweeted.

His messages came after thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in cities across America to pressure Trump to release his tax returns, a move of transparency he has repeatedly rejected.

The demonstrations were timed to coincide with the traditional April 15 deadline for annual tax filings, a key date on the calendar for U.S. households, and resulted in dozens of arrests.

For decades, U.S. presidents and presidential candidates have released their returns voluntarily, although there is no legal obligation to do so.

U.S. law requires only the publication of a financial statement that estimates assets, including debt and revenue, but does not give details on the amount of taxes paid.

Posted by:Fred

#6  Soros.
Posted by: Nero White 3083   2017-04-17 19:36  

#5  #4 - yes, but they are frequently wrong, opaque, and must be amended at some later time when someone actually, you know, scrutinizes them
Posted by: Frank G   2017-04-17 16:08  

#4  Does the Clinton Foundation file taxes?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-17 10:21  

#3  Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and/or Class Envy. A bad combination.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-17 08:18  

#2  Either everyone's is private or no one's is private. You take your pick.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-04-17 07:48  

#1  I, for one, don't care about his tax returns.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2017-04-17 07:28  

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