Clinton questions whether Trump is as wealthy as he claims | Wash Post

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at IBEW Local 11 in Commerce, Calif., on Tuesday May 24, 2016. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

By Abby Phillip May 26 at 7:08 PM

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hillary Clinton upped the pressure on Donald Trump to release his tax returns on Thursday, suggesting that he is trying to hide unflattering revelations about his finances.

“Either he’s paying no taxes or he’s paying very little,” Clinton said. “The only way to find out which it is is for him to release.”

“Ether he’s as wealthy as he claims or maybe he’s not, the only way to find out is for him to release.”

Trump, now the likely Republican nominee, has refused to release his tax returns, which is not a requirement but a longtime practice for candidates running for president.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/26/clinton-questions-whether-trump-is-as-wealthy-as-he-claims/

[Avalux]

1. Hey desperate-to-be-queen Hillary - where's the transcripts???

Pot meet kettle.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Screw the transcripts ...

that, by now, only a few of Sanders' most ardent fans, give a shit about.

[NWCorona]

5. Fyi

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/opinion/mrs-clinton-show-voters-those-transcripts.html

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. Like I said ... Screw the transcripts ...

that, by now, only a few of Sanders' most ardent fans, give a shit about.

ETA: And most of that few, seem to post to DU.

[NWCorona]

9. I happen to agree that the release of the transcripts would be relatively moot

At this point. The damage has already been done.

[1StrongBlackMan]

10. Damage? What damage? ...

The folks DEMANDING the transcripts, are (largely) the BoBers ... and have always been.

This is like ME running for office and concerning myself with losing the klan voters.

[NWCorona]

12. I disagree. The fact that Hillary refused to release her transcripts

IMHO damaged her credibility. Yes the loudest voices are the BoB crowd but that doesn't mean that no one in the mainstream cares.

[1StrongBlackMan]

40. How could it "damage" her credibility, with the set of people that are quick to tell you ...

that she has never had any credibility?

The "mainstream" has spoken ... THEY DON'T CARE!!!

[NWCorona]

41. I'm not talking about the fringe element . You are right it wouldn't matter

I'm talking about the grey demographic where it does matter. There will always the people who are ride or die for Hillary and there will aways be the neverHillary crowd. For the rest, nuance makes a difference.

[1StrongBlackMan]

42. Yes you are talking about the fringe element.

[NWCorona]

43. Well we will have to yet again disagree.

[metroins]

32. Lold

That was funny.

[Beacool]

14. That's all you got?

Try to focus, the enemy is Trump and the Republicans, not fellow Democrats.

[Avalux]

16. Yes I know. Hillary is absolved of all lies and wrongdoings because....Trump!!

It makes me want to puke every time a Hillary supporter uses that excuse. Apparently, that's all you've got.

[Beacool]

19. Hillary will be the nominee.

So, yes, defeating Trump is the most important issue from here until election day.

[CorkySt.Clair]

26. Cheer on the GOP while you still can...

Winter is coming

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1259&pid=10436

[Avalux]

34. Everything is cyclical.

I've seen a lot on DU in the past 14 years.

[Orsino]

2. Trump is not as anything as he claims.

Why would his wealth be any different? He is a Potemkin's village of a man and of a politician.

Like all reality TV, he is a lie.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I seem to recall Bernie mentioning the same point.

[NWCorona]

6. Hillary wants trump to lash out and so far it's not working.

[puffy socks]

28. I'll wager it gets under his skin

He just learned from his reaction to having li'l smokey sausage fingers that it only gives them ammo
He's too narcissistic not to eventually cave

[NWCorona]

29. I would imagine that he wants to hit back hard. Real hard!

Team Clinton is a master of using their opponents strengths against them.

[puffy socks]

35. He has to survive through October

I think he's gonna crack like a cheap wooden toilet seat.

[NWCorona]

36. You are right. People with Trump's disorder can't help themselves

It will be fun to watch!

[puffy socks]

38. Yep!

It's going to be a hoot!

[KingFlorez]

7. Yet she will be portrayed as evil for raising this question

Trump is a man of the people like Sanders and Hillary Clinton is trying to steal the presidency from both of them.

[cali]

11. She really strains to effectively attack him and it just doesn't work

She needs to get a clue from Warren

[BootinUp]

13. Common political strategy has been that the candidate does not

go too far into the dirt, it can be seen as positive still by many voters. On the other hand they will certainly welcome help from Warren and any others to raise the decibels so to speak. Warren has been particularly effective.

[cali]

15. True enough but I don't think that was an effective attack

[geek tragedy]

18. it's not designed to swing voters over, but to get under his skin

hit him where it hurts, his ego

[puffy socks]

31. Yep

Anything especially if its true and obvious, like the reverse racoon eyes and orangish-tan wrinkled face with overbleached teeth.

Hopefully he'll get botox soon and have that goofy Wayne Newton balloon face look too.

Or the fact that he would have done better with his investments had he just put daddy's money in an indexed fund. Such a financial whiz and real estate guru!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Was Hillary as "dead broke" as she claimed to be?

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20. .

Today, I’m releasing my own family’s tax returns from 2007 to 2014, adding those years to previous releases going back to 1977. Since 2007, we have paid $43,885,310 in federal taxes and made $14,959,450 in charitable contributions. We’ve also paid $13,625,777 in state and local income taxes. Last year, we paid an effective federal tax rate of 35.7 percent and a combined federal, state, and local effective rate of 45.8 percent. We contributed 10.8 percent of our income to charity. In 2013, the numbers were similar. We paid an effective federal tax rate of 35.4 percent and a combined rate of 44.6 percent, and donated 11.4 percent of our income to charity.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/tax-returns/

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. That's "dead broke"?

[BootinUp]

22. You are free to go look up 2000, 2001 if you like. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Was that when she was "dead broke"?

[BootinUp]

25. Hey knock yourself out with that. nt

[Txbluedog]

30. Dead broke is different for you than for someone in that position

a former first couple have many expenses that ordinary people don't. They cannot move into a studio or the nearest homeless shelter

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

39. My heart bleeds for the super-rich "dead broke".

[restorefreedom]

23. America questions whether clinton is as honest as she claims....

and seems to be saying "no"

[geek tragedy]

33. 18 more days of posts like this nt

[Iliyah]

27. Well T-rump has said he's worth billions!

And being rich means he's way smarter than commoners like me.

[Buns_of_Fire]

37. He thinks his name alone is worth $3 Billion or so.

No word on what he thinks a genuine Trump Dump® is worth.

[840high]

44. I don't know about Trump but Hillary sure is rich.

[nichomachus]

45. And then there are those who want to know

How the Clintons went from "dead broke" to multi- multi-millionaires in just a couple of years.

[BootinUp]

46. kick