Thinking back to the 2016 Republican Presendial Primaries....

[OAITW r.2.0]

it strikes me as strange that every other Republican candidate didn't scream bloody murder about Trump's unwillingness to release his tax/financial records. Name of the game has always been exposing your opponents greatest weaknesses, yet none went there....why?

If I am not mistaken, a lot of Russian money was flowing directly into the various Republican PACs in 2016. Was there a understanding between all candidates that Trump's finances was an "out of bounds" topic of debate?

The RNC wants to model the new USA after Putin's new Russia: "Crime Lord and One Party" State. And Putin's money is making that dream come true.

[bearsfootball516]

1. Because Republican voters didn't care

All they cared about was "build the wall" and "repeal obamacare" and "make america great again". They couldn't care less about his tax returns. Probably the vast majority of them wouldn't even care if they knew Russia helped him win, just so long as he was in office.

[JI7]

2. they didn't care. the big issue among Republican Voters was hating Minorities . whoever did that the

loudest would get most of their support.

[JHB]

3. In 2012 Mittens wasn't exactly forthcoming either...

Maybe there was Ruskie money or maybe not, but they -- mainstream "reasonable" Republicans -- had already established that they didn't consider it important to give anything approaching reasonable accounting of their candidate's finances.

[agincourt]

4. Good point

The entire party probably had something to hide.

[csziggy]

5. The two who criticized Trump the most were Cruz and Rubio

According to some of the reports, they both received huge influxes of Russian money into their PACs. No wonder they have been mostly silent since.

[JDC]

6. Because they assumed he would at a later time.

If you recall, he promised them until the end and then just didn't because there is no actual requirement to do so and claimed he was under audit. That's good enough for any trump fan.