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Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 04:58 PM Apr 2019

Sara Sanders: 'I Don't Think Congress' is 'Smart Enough' to Look Through Trump's Taxes

Source: CNN:

Washington (CNN) -- White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Sunday that she doesn't think congressional Democrats are "smart enough" to review President Donald Trump's tax returns should they succeed in obtaining the documents.

"This is a dangerous, dangerous road and frankly, Chris, I don't think Congress, particularly not this group of congressmen and women, are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages that I would assume that President Trump's taxes will be," Sanders told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace.

"My guess is most of them don't do their own taxes, and I certainly don't trust them to look through the decades of success that the President has and determine anything," she said, adding that attempts to obtain the returns are "a disgusting overreach."



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/14/politics/sarah-sanders-trump-tax-returns-democrats/index.html

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Sara Sanders: 'I Don't Think Congress' is 'Smart Enough' to Look Through Trump's Taxes (Original Post) Stuart G Apr 2019 OP
So how's that job hunting going Sarah? durablend Apr 2019 #1
The "dangerous road" is the one Trump will be going down The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #2
So why are they hiding them then Sara? duforsure Apr 2019 #3
I don't Sarah is human enough to be quoted. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2019 #4
+1 ck4829 Apr 2019 #44
"Thousands of pages"? I bet Congress would be satisfied initially without all the FailureToCommunicate Apr 2019 #5
Does Trump do his own taxes? True Blue American Apr 2019 #9
Like most rich people, Trump is rarely if ever audited, especially now that FailureToCommunicate Apr 2019 #23
I doubt that his returns have thousands of pages, spooky3 Apr 2019 #53
What a dumb cluck, like Congress can hire accountants. No wonder she's still there. No one else... brush Apr 2019 #6
My dear Sarah, how's about you take a flying fuck at a rolling donut? Glamrock Apr 2019 #7
Nice to see you back, Brother. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #18
Hahahaha! Glamrock Apr 2019 #36
Aeronautical insemination at a revolving pasty. keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #24
Yeah, We Might Have Guessed RobinA Apr 2019 #61
Rep Katie Porter had an awesome reply to Sarah Sanders iluvtennis Apr 2019 #8
Katie Porter is flat out... 3catwoman3 Apr 2019 #27
Indeed. iluvtennis Apr 2019 #28
A very good reply by her ck4829 Apr 2019 #45
"decades of success that the President has" milestogo Apr 2019 #10
Spoken by someone not smart enough to find the exit from the White House. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2019 #11
THAT'S the gauntlet she's gonna throw? forgotmylogin Apr 2019 #12
that is a risk keroro gunsou Apr 2019 #13
+1 ck4829 Apr 2019 #46
Thats what lawyers are for patphil Apr 2019 #14
Lawyers tend to suck at tax analysis (unless they're tax lawyers), but The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #38
"Decades of success"? Are we talking about the same guy? jmowreader Apr 2019 #15
He went broke in the casino business.... Instant Liberal Apr 2019 #29
We're all assuming Trump was running his casinos to succeed jmowreader Apr 2019 #31
Oh, come on! MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #52
Sara isn't smart enough to open her mouth. She needs to keep it shut, like her boss. Stuart G Apr 2019 #16
What a schill. Her father must be so proud of his brainwashed darlin' Evolve Dammit Apr 2019 #17
How on Earth would she know? raging moderate Apr 2019 #19
These people are shameless. Beacool Apr 2019 #20
Yes, she is shameless. Worse. Stuart G Apr 2019 #21
Don't insult alley cats! The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #39
+1 ck4829 Apr 2019 #47
Perhaps they can get to the orange of his income truthisfreedom Apr 2019 #22
So explain it, Sarah. keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #25
Nobody cares what you "think" about this or anything else, Sarah. Tanuki Apr 2019 #26
No sara, not everybody is as clueless and stupid as you are. Doreen Apr 2019 #30
My wife is a tax lawyer; she'll be happy to take a stab at it... brooklynite Apr 2019 #32
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #33
WikiLeaks Aussie105 Apr 2019 #34
LOL ck4829 Apr 2019 #48
It is really simple to translate her words. Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2019 #35
Ms. Sanders has no self respect, and a false sense of self esteem. nt Progressive Jones Apr 2019 #37
So THAT'S why they've been "under audit" for so long. maddiemom Apr 2019 #40
She hath sold her soul to the devil. Nt raccoon Apr 2019 #41
Indeed ck4829 Apr 2019 #49
Which means trump's scared shxxtless duforsure Apr 2019 #42
Sara Sanders is the perfect spokesperson for a morally and intellectually bankrupt administration. olegramps Apr 2019 #43
Kick ck4829 Apr 2019 #50
What taxes? What audit? Which auditor? Deb Apr 2019 #51
is she lying again? samnsara Apr 2019 #54
Kick ck4829 Apr 2019 #55
"La la la! Everybody is stupid except me! La la la! You are all stupid! La la la!" struggle4progress Apr 2019 #56
Sara of course..and the crowd of course...trusts "Chris Wallace"... Stuart G Apr 2019 #57
Here is a line about Chris Wallace and his moderating a 2016 Presidential Debate...(wikepedia) Stuart G Apr 2019 #59
lol NYMinute Apr 2019 #58
Of course....The SWAA is going to arugue with you.... Stuart G Apr 2019 #60

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,656 posts)
2. The "dangerous road" is the one Trump will be going down
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 05:02 PM
Apr 2019

when forensic accountants hired by the committees get to analyze Trump's tax returns. These are people whose job is to examine documents and sniff out tax fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,011 posts)
5. "Thousands of pages"? I bet Congress would be satisfied initially without all the
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 05:22 PM
Apr 2019

supporting worksheet sub headings.

Also: "...most of them don't do their own taxes, and I certainly don't trust them to look through the decades of success that the President has and determine anything," she said.

She's so delusional.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,011 posts)
23. Like most rich people, Trump is rarely if ever audited, especially now that
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:53 PM
Apr 2019

the IRS funding has been cut back year after year.

Gee, I wonder why that's happening?

spooky3

(34,425 posts)
53. I doubt that his returns have thousands of pages,
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:23 AM
Apr 2019

Even with the schedules included. If you included the supporting worksheets that are NOT filed, even then I suspect it wouldn’t reach 1000, but this is just another lie intended to insult and distract.

I would guess that the average IQ of the Dems in Congress is substantially higher than are Trump’s or SHS’s.

Sarah seems to have a counting problem as shown in her lies and smears re: FBI support for Comey.

brush

(53,758 posts)
6. What a dumb cluck, like Congress can hire accountants. No wonder she's still there. No one else...
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 05:24 PM
Apr 2019

will hire her.

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)
7. My dear Sarah, how's about you take a flying fuck at a rolling donut?
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 05:28 PM
Apr 2019

Unlike you're side, our side looks to experts in their fields to come to conclusions. While you mau be proud to have a bachelor of animal husbandry running the Dept. Of Energy and someone who has no experience in education running the Dept. Of Education, rest assured, Comrade Combover's taxes will be pored over by experts in the field. You can lob childish insults till the cows come home, but expert analysis will happen.

On a more childish and partisan note, go fuck yourself!

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)
36. Hahahaha!
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 12:27 AM
Apr 2019

Thanks Haggis! Just haven't had time. New position in a new department. Been putting in 18-20 hour days for weeks now. Unfortunately, it's being noticed. I may be up for promotion.

On the plus side, I'm being pulled out of the field. I start working from home tomorrow. I've been living in hotels during the work week for years. Gimme a few more weeks and, hopefully, I'll be back here slinging f bombs on the reg once again.

keithbvadu2

(36,722 posts)
24. Aeronautical insemination at a revolving pasty.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:38 PM
Apr 2019

Aeronautical insemination at a revolving pasty.

Gotta use them thar fancy collij words.

RobinA

(9,886 posts)
61. Yeah, We Might Have Guessed
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 08:20 AM
Apr 2019

that just by looking at your sign. The Trump vote, not the college education.

forgotmylogin

(7,522 posts)
12. THAT'S the gauntlet she's gonna throw?
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 06:34 PM
Apr 2019

Challenge accepted, Smokey.

McDonald's returns *will* come out, and you just made them the #2 ranked required reading material on every congressperson's list.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,656 posts)
38. Lawyers tend to suck at tax analysis (unless they're tax lawyers), but
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 01:43 AM
Apr 2019

what is likely to happen is that the committee to which the returns are released will hire forensic accountants, whose whole purpose in life is following paper trails and finding financial crimes.

jmowreader

(50,545 posts)
15. "Decades of success"? Are we talking about the same guy?
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 07:26 PM
Apr 2019

The Donald Trump I know went broke in the meat business, the booze business and the casino business. If anyone can tell me how in HELL you go broke in all three of those businesses and still have anyone consider you successful, I'm all ears.

Instant Liberal

(66 posts)
29. He went broke in the casino business....
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:11 PM
Apr 2019

Had to be bailed out (illegally) by his daddy. How do you fail at a casino? They're literally rigged to favor the house.

jmowreader

(50,545 posts)
31. We're all assuming Trump was running his casinos to succeed
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:24 PM
Apr 2019

It occurs to me that Trump may have been trying to become the Max Bialystock of Atlantic City: "Under the right circumstances, a producer could actually make more money with a flop than he can with a hit."

All ye need to do is hook up with several Mafia-controlled suppliers who'll charge you $100 for an item but bill you $300, and who will split the overage with you.

raging moderate

(4,296 posts)
19. How on Earth would she know?
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:30 PM
Apr 2019

The law says that the IRS SHALL give the requested documents to the Congressional committee upon request. The word SHALL in this sentence makes cooperation mandatory.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
20. These people are shameless.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:35 PM
Apr 2019

She and her father claim to be Christians, yet she spends her time covering for a pathological liar with the morals of an alley cat. Hypocrite!!!!

As for not being smart enough, she got a lot of nerve considering that her boss is an imbecile, barely a functional illiterate.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
21. Yes, she is shameless. Worse.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:46 PM
Apr 2019

She piles lies on top of lies. Isn't one of the commandments, "Thou shalt not lie" ?

...Maybe she really is a devil worshiper claiming to be a Christian. Isn't Trump the devil?...(My apologies to all the devils out there).... Sara is much too stupid to know what she has turned into..Well when it is over, she will be able to get a job as a Fox News analyst

Tanuki

(14,916 posts)
26. Nobody cares what you "think" about this or anything else, Sarah.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:53 PM
Apr 2019

The law is the law and the taxes need to be delivered to Congress as requested.

Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Aussie105

(5,365 posts)
34. WikiLeaks
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:22 PM
Apr 2019

If you are listening, it would be great if you could find all of those missing Trump Tax Returns.

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
35. It is really simple to translate her words.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:24 PM
Apr 2019

What she was saying is congress isn't republican enough to comb over Trump's taxs.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
40. So THAT'S why they've been "under audit" for so long.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:47 AM
Apr 2019

The I.R.S. isn't smart enough to understand them.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
42. Which means trump's scared shxxtless
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 08:27 AM
Apr 2019

His tax crimes will be fully exposed. She wouldn't be saying anything if he wasn't.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
43. Sara Sanders is the perfect spokesperson for a morally and intellectually bankrupt administration.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:56 AM
Apr 2019

She has been subjected to intensive brainwashing from her infancy by a master charlatan. She is so oblivious to reality that she is a perfect match for a surrogate manipulator that replaced her father. She is a pathetic example of the destruction of a human being who has been transformed into a camp follower. It is obvious that she is incapable of independent thinking and willingly parrots anything she has been instructed to mouth. She is prime example of how a people can be literally destroyed and their capacity for independent reasonable cognitive judgements destroyed. She has been subjected to being told what to believe and what to say to such an extent that she is the perfect spokesperson for a pathological liar since she doesn't have the fortitude to resist. She is to be pitied rather than condemned and serve as a prime example of the danger of mind control. Independent people see her spewing insanely ridiculous nonsense and wonder how could a human being be that far removed from reality and shake their heads in wonder. Unfortunately, she is in good company with millions of her soul mates who have been convinced that facts are lies and lies are the truth. Welcome to 1984.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
57. Sara of course..and the crowd of course...trusts "Chris Wallace"...
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 09:52 PM
Apr 2019

He is a mainstay of Fox News..a leader. Chris is an intelligent listener who abides by the Fox news rules..
And Fox pays him quite well. 9 or 10 figures well................but .....and I know this sounds absolutely crazy...so hang in there...............................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................

I think Chris was somehow related to Mike Wallace. Mike was a symbol of "truth" Yes, I checked it out, Mike was Chris Wallace's father... Perhaps some day.. Chris will stand up for the truth. It could happen, and of course it might not happen. A father gives unto his son, the gift of what the father stood for...............perhaps....just perhaps when the time is totally perfect, Chris will stand up for the truth. Anything can happen. Chris is rich enough to take his money and run...Maybe, most likely not.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
59. Here is a line about Chris Wallace and his moderating a 2016 Presidential Debate...(wikepedia)
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 10:08 PM
Apr 2019

This quote from Jennifer Rubin, from the Washington Post..

After he was selected, Wallace controversially said, "it's not my job" to fact-check candidates, but that it was the job of the opposing candidate.[18] But after the debate, Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post said that despite her strong disapproval of other Fox News commentators, "No one could watch the final debate and deny that Chris Wallace is among the best in the business."[19]

We will see if this is true or if Chris is just another Fox clown.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
60. Of course....The SWAA is going to arugue with you....
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 10:15 PM
Apr 2019

....The SWAA, or the Stupid Women Association of America of which I support financially, would argue that Sara is much too stupid to be in our association... ... We would argue that Sara belongs in the TIAA.....Total Idiot Association of America. She is way beyond stupid..No morals of any kind at all.

Well in politics we might expect one or two lies a week, or less. But Sara puts out that many in a minute or two.. She is one of the stupidest liars around. Of course she reflects the absolute stupidest liar around, but that is a for another post at another time.....thank you
...................................................................................hat is off to NYMinute...

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