2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWaPo: Following Trump tax revelations, voters in Toledo question his business acumen
TOLEDO John Gillespie dug into his omelet with one hand and flipped through the Toledo Blade with the other. The news that Donald Trump had declared a $916 million loss in his 1995 tax return, and may have avoided paying income taxes for as many as 18 years, had made it to the front page of the local newspaper. Gillespie, 52, struggled to make sense of it.
This was in 1995? he asked, looking up from the diner counter. This was during an economic upturn and he managed to lose $916 million? The tool and die maker, who had voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the Democratic primary, started to laugh. That tells me a lot about his economic skills.
The story, first published by the New York Times late Saturday and not denied by a flustered Trump campaign, represented a piece of a holy grail that Hillary Clinton had sought for months. The Democratic nominee, who is making her first campaign stop in this city on Monday, has struggled to convince many traditionally Democratic voters that outwardly successful Trump is not to be trusted and poses a threat to their livelihoods.
The revelations about the Republican nominees taxes gave Clinton a fresh opportunity. In conversations around Toledo, many voters said they were offended by Trump.
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writes3000
(4,734 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)jimw81
(111 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)This next week should be very exciting to watch.
Meanwhile, the Clinton's will also be in Ohio for three days campaigning.
It's the perfect shitstorm for Donald to have to deal with.
Hekate
(90,704 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Is propping him up? How much does he owe?
The questions are becoming more sincere now, less hypothetical.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Oh, right. The Clinton Years.