Clinton Goes There: Maybe Trump Isn't As Rich As He Says He Is
Source: Talking Points Memo
In a speech on the economy on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton called out Donald Trump for not releasing his tax returns and wondered out loud what he is trying to hide.
"You have to ask yourself, what's he afraid of?" she asked, musing that he may have avoided paying taxes. "Or maybe he isn't as rich as he claims."
Clinton's speech comes the day after new FEC filings showed Trump's campaign with a paltry amount of cash on hand for a major party presidential campaign and Trump being forced to loan his campaign $2 million to keep it afloat.
Clinton also warned that a Trump presidency would hurt the economy, noting that economists say the presumptive Republican presidential nominee would "would throw us back into recession."
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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-trump-economy-taxes
jtuck004
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(182,878 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)he paid himself $205,000 for those.
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PatSeg
(47,586 posts)will release his tax returns when pigs fly and it is not comparable to Hillary's transcripts. Every major presidential nominee for the last forty years has released his/her tax returns.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)I thought that comment was crossing the line a bit! I guess someone was testing the waters to see how far they could go.
Thank you, I'm so glad primary season is over!
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lewebley3
(3,412 posts)be public info. You want a double standard for the Hillary.
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)cannot be a billionaire. I think even a 10 thousandaire would have better hair and make-up than trump. Wait, I know many hundredaires with better hair and make-up.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)For Tuesday senior discount day and have a better hair do than trumps 40k hairpiece.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)How could someone with that much money (supposedly) look like that? Its not like he doesn't see what he looks like, he is on TV ALL the time. And what is with those huge ties that go down to his crotch?
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)has any cash on hand: and he is suppose to have 10B. Something
is wrong.
chapdrum
(930 posts)Please ask a substantial question.
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Trump's made a BFD out of being rich, as if it proves he knows how to President. Getting him to release his tax returns to prove it would be a huge win.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)He is a fascist: he thinks he should rule and the people should get
out of his way.
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)he's also a skilled salesman. he needs to be made to look like a clown.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)a centerpiece of his electoral argument.
Ditto his supposed business acumen.
Also, he's failed a basic test of transparency--tax returns--that every major nominee has met for decades.
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)It will get under his skin and really chafe him. Money is the reason for his ego.
"Oh, I'm really really rich. Trust me."
sofa king
(10,857 posts)With political contributions funding his empire, he'll be back on his feet in no time!
It's the reverse of trickle-down. Let's call it peeing up a rope.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)The Trumpster wont like this a bit. That's like kicking him in the balls.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)and if that fails... Lie some more.... and when all else fails.... just lie again.
forest444
(5,902 posts)They make her sound petty and end up wasting a unique opportunity to use Trump's many cons and business failures over the years against him.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)....and nothing is more likely to get under his skin than challenging his success.
forest444
(5,902 posts)Otherwise, she just ends up looking petty and mean - two of the shortcomings Rethugs have been trying to pin on her for all these 25 years.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)Bill Maher over an orangutan joke.
He could teach and offer an advanced degree in Acting Childish at Trump U.
Definitely her surrogates should HAMMER him on his money and economics. That and him being an "outsider" are the only basis he has with to run. Destroy those, and even the TrumpHumpers will get turned off.
forest444
(5,902 posts)Eleventh commandment of politics: Attacks on an opponent's character (deserved - as is this case - or not) should always be done by surrogates.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)last week. I think it was Warren that said that, but I'm not 100% sure.
Darb
(2,807 posts)Do it.