The Rude Pundit: Democrats Should Be Unrelenting on Trump's Taxes

[babylonsister]

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2019/05/democrats-should-be-unrelenting-on.html

The Rude Pundit
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5/06/2019
Democrats Should Be Unrelenting on Trump's Taxes


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Obviously, for Donald Trump, refusing to release private information to the public, or, you know, to him, is akin to being guilty. It's right there. The dumb orange motherfucker himself said as much.

So, while they should have been doing this since 2016, Democrats now have a talking point against Trump that is the perfect combination of simple and deadly. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, a man who definitely has had a gerbil or two inserted in his rectum, declined to turn over Trump's federal income tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, as required by law. This is on top of Trump suing to stop Deutsche Bank from cooperating with congressional investigators, likely because that would involve having his taxes revealed.

The reason that the birther shit had an effect (no, it didn't stop Obama, but it helped Trump's rise), the reason that the Hillary email shit had an effect, the reason why so many aggravatingly simple things have an effect is because they force you to make a decision. Either you want to know about Hillary Clinton's emails or you didn't. And Democrats can use that method to what is inarguably a more noble end: to find out if the President of the United States is a goddamn criminal.

Every fucking day, every opportunity they have, every interview, every speech, Democrats should be demanding that Donald Trump release his taxes. They should be saying that he must have something to hide. It should be the only fucking thing that anyone can think of. They should get people to show up at Republican town halls to ask why the GOP doesn't care about Trump's taxes.

No, you won't get Trump's idiot hordes or his Republican lickspittles and ass remoras to turn against him (although you might succeed in getting a little creeping doubt in there). But you know that 75% who didn't read the Mueller report ain't just Trump-humpers. There are not only a lot of voters who are on the Democrats' side who need a rallying point, but there are those who aren't paying attention at all, who are disengaged, who might just fucking love the clean and clear either/or on Trump's taxes.

So many of us on the left want Democrats to get savage. But there has to be a cohesive message behind the savagery, one that's not complex or needs more than a bumper-sticker to explain. This idea is a damn start. Get people paying attention so that when the impeachment hearings start, they're already on board.

[malaise]

1. Yes

Get thee to the greatest page

[dameatball]

2. So is an ass remora a fish or a mammal?.....:)

[MFGsunny]

3. K & R ... + 1,000,000 ..................... n/t

[Martin Eden]

4. "Trump's idiot hordes or his Republican lickspittles and ass remoras"

Mr. Rude certainly knows how to craft a descriptive phrase.

[ananda]

5. Agree!

Lock them up for contempt until the taxes are released!

[dalton99a]

6. Absolutely.

[cp]

7. Yes, a million times yes!

Still useful words: lickspittle. dotard.

[Perseus]

8. I think that it would be so useful for Democratic candidates to visit DU on a daily basis

So many good comments, ideas, reactions from so many members here at DU. I believe that the real sentiment of what the Democratic voters are thinking and feeling can be found at DU.

If they come, read and follow through with ideas gathered here, I believe the Democratic party will have a good set of tools to fight and win the battle with the corrupt administration.

The Rude Pundit's last paragraph could not be more in point, one single paragraph defines the full strategy.

[CaptainTruth]

9. Every Democrat, every day, should be pointing out how the Trump admin is refusing to obey the law

[saidsimplesimon]

10. The dumb orange motherfucker

You summed up my opinion, thank you babylon.

[pdsimdars]

11. I still no about cutting off money. Less controversial than trying to arrest them.

[Blue Owl]

12. Hell yes

No special treatment for the toddler-in-office

[uponit7771]

13. K&R, 75% ?!!? Shit ... more like 85% haven't read it !! This would be an EXCELLENT step before

... impeachment.

Get people paying attention then hit Putin's Whore with a slam dunk on his taxes.