The Senate's Highest Ranking Republican Calls For Trump to Release His Tax Returns

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Source: Fortune.com


The Senate's Highest Ranking Republican Calls For Trump to Release His Tax Returns

by Michal Addady

@michal_addady

June 1, 2016, 12:26 PM EDT


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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (middle) at a press conference. Photo by Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg via Getty Images

It’s been the protocol for decades.

Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon has released their tax returns, and Mitch McConnell thinks that Donald Trump should follow suit.

Releasing one’s tax returns isn’t technically required when running for president, but it is a longstanding tradition that lets voters learn more about a candidate. When asked about the subject in a recent interview with Business Insider the Senate Majority Leader said, “For the last 30 or 40 years, every candidate for president has released their tax returns, and I think Donald Trump should as well.”......................

Hope Hicks, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, assured Fortune that Mr. Trump is undergoing a routine audit and will release his returns once it’s complete, reiterating a sentiment Trump himself has said many times. However, experts have told CNN Money that an audit doesn’t preclude disclosure........................

Read more: http://fortune.com/2016/06/01/mcconnell-trump-tax-returns/

[HuckleB]

1. You might want to edit your "article title."

Thanks for the post!

[riversedge]

5. Yup. done. have a good evening.

[TexasProgresive]

2. The TOS requires the actual headline for a LBN post

The Senate's Highest Ranking Republican Calls For Trump to Release His Tax Returns

You need to fix it.

[riversedge]

4. Done. and thank you.

[tonyt53]

3. A talking turtle

[FailureToCommunicate]

6. Look, up in the sky...! (Turtle Man says something worthwhile)

[Judi Lynn]

7. Last thing in the world anyone expected.

Love the image.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Release the tax returns and Trump's whole House of Cards falls down

[bobGandolf]

9. The GOP could refuse to support a nominee who hasn't released them.

It sounds like Trump is relying on Party support - organizational and financial.