Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) literally laughed at the news that Mitt Romney called on Donald Trump to release his tax returns.
“Ha, ha. (Romney) never gave us his tax returns. Who was the brainchild that got him to do that?” Reid said on Thursday at a news conference, according to Politico. “He gave us a summary. He never gave us his tax returns.”
Reid hammered Romney during the 2012 election, pushing him to release his tax returns and alleging that the former Massachusetts governor did not pay taxes for a decade. Reid’s allegation was eventually proven false.
When asked on Thursday if he believes there is a “bombshell” in Trump’s tax returns, as Romney hypothesized on Wednesday, Reid said, “All I know is, I can’t imagine Romney having the gall coming out (and calling) for anybody’s tax returns,” according to Politico.
Trump: Summary of my tax return has been available for a while. I will release a video which will summarize my tax returns going back to my birth year. I thank Reid for reminding us what a crook Romney is.
What a hoot! Romney issued info about his last tax return, manufactured to withstand scrutiny that previous returns would get. He refused to give any info about previous returns.
Whatta bunch of liars, cheats, and scoundrels!
And as Josh has pointed out, the idea that the RNC would allow Mittens, OF ALL GDAM people to issue that thinly veiled threat is astounding.
Rump will be reminding any and all who challenge him about this.
I can’t wait for Romney to start slamming Trump as an out of touch billionaire who cares more about the car elevator in his beach house than he does about the forty-seven percent mooching off Uncle Sam.
He could be followed by Rick Perry attacking Trump for being a pretty boy who didn’t understand the basics and had a crippling pain killer addiction, and then Dubya could finish up by attacking Trump for misleading the country for political gain and using jingoism as a substitute for foreign policy.
And then everyone’s head explodes and we realize life was a farce the whole time. The end.
Romney valued his private money concerns more than being president. I had the feeling he was doing it for his wife, but his heart wasn’t in it.