Discussion: Reid Knocks Trump Over Tax Returns: They'd Reveal He's Not That Rich!

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@nickman

Absolutely right. Harry should mention tax fraud. In fact, he should drop all of these points as the reasons trump won’t reveal his returns.

1. He has no where near the assets he says. In fact, most likely his net worth is negative.
2. He has no where near the income he says.
3. He has paid no taxes most of his life.
4. He has given nothing to charity.
5. He owes hundreds of millions to Russian shady underworld figures.
6. He has collaborated with gangsters in criminal activity in connection to NYC and Atlantic City construction projects.
7. He is about to be indicated for tax evasion.

Yes, I said much the same thing five days ago:

Discussion: Trump Jr: My Dad’s '12,000-Page' Tax Return Would Prompt Too Many Queries

“He’s got a 12,000-page tax return that would create … financial auditors out of every person in the country asking questions that would detract from [his father’s] main message,” Trump Jr. said Kid obviously has no idea how much 12,000 pages of paper is. And nothing can be allowed to distract from [his father’s] main message of hatred and bigotry. The only people who want to see Trump’s tax returns are people who understand numbers and neither Trump nor his campaign has any interest in suc…

We need Harry to do this and we need him to do it from the Senate floor where he has complete immunity “for any speech or debate”. It doesn’t matter whether any of it is true (although some of it doubtless is). In politics, perception is reality. Like in a jury trial, it doesn’t matter what is true or false; what matters is what you can get the voters (jury) to believe.