April Bahar
Steven BeschlossFor the record, releasing Trump’s tax returns in 2016 might have saved our democracy six years of pain and trouble. Every presidential nominee should be required by law to make their returns public.
Taryn Kincaid100%
Tammy@StevenBeschloss 💯 agree!! I also think anybody that works in Congress or in a presidential administration.
Kevin C 🎬@StevenBeschloss Man, if this doesn't show any actual laws broken that can be prosecuted, then the Democrats are going to look like a bunch of idiots!😖🙄
Unabogie has voted Kamala!He should have released them. If he doesn't have evidence of crimes in them then that's information the public needs to know.
Pino T@kcarr2015 @StevenBeschloss I don’t know that it will. It’ll just be revenues and expenses and a bottom line. At best, it’ll show he isn’t as rich as he claims, but tax returns don’t show your customers or illegally accepted funds
Sean RileyAt this point we have information about them being fraudulent. Tax fraud is a real crime.
Litzz11@StevenBeschloss .. OH please give me a break, the entire WORLD heard him on tape saying in gross detail how he grabs women in the crotch because his celebrity status gives him the right. We ALL heard it and a disgustingly large number of Americans voted for him anyway over a qualified female candidate.
I don't think his tax returns would have made one bit of difference.
Christina Lutz@StevenBeschloss And the IRS should do the mandatory audit, right?
He really corrupted EVERY institution he dealt with.
He really corrupted EVERY institution he dealt with.
Pacific Loon
Paulina 
@StevenBeschloss NEVER AGAIN.
TheJen*EVERYONE who serves at the federal level
@JenWojcik @StevenBeschloss ANY individual running for public office at ANY level should be scrutinized.
Elohi@StevenBeschloss agreed. We are governed by a bunch of fucking idiots.
Darthdzl@StevenBeschloss Well, if Congress hadn't concentrated on constantly running for re-election for decades now, maybe it would be.
Marc Hershovitz@StevenBeschloss Requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns would likely be unconstitutional. But requiring the IRS to release the tax returns of anyone running for president would pass constitutional muster. And it would be more effective in getting the information released to the public.
toxtethogrady@StevenBeschloss But there's always one excuse or another Trumpsters come up with why their man can't reveal his taxes. Chances are they didn't want to know their billionaire buddy was a complete fraud...
David Magariel@StevenBeschloss I never understood how this isn't a law. Norms clearly not sufficient.
Matthew E@StevenBeschloss Why? What would have happened?
It’s not like there wasn’t enough horrible stuff publicly known about him. There was plenty.
It’s not like there would have been consequences for whatever was revealed. Nobody’s ever dared to try and make him pay any real price for his crimes.
I’m not saying he’s invincible. I’m saying he’s treated like he’s invincible too often, and some tax returns wouldn’t have moved the needle on that. I don’t think they will now, either.
BDM@StevenBeschloss might have!?!? And shame on those who knew
@StevenBeschloss never understood why he was was given that privilege to not release his taxes before nominating him. Everyone running for President had to do it. Do you think President Obama would have been able to run if he did not release his taxes? Hell no. The rules should have applied to trump, and we would have been better off as a country without him as ever being President of this country.
Alex@StevenBeschloss There were so many things that should have been the tipping point, but weren't. I don't think any Trump voters in 2016 would have seen those tax returns and said, "Okay, now it's too much. I guess I can't vote for him now."
Deb4+ aka Deborah DT 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@StevenBeschloss isn't it going to be tit for tat forever now? Sigh.
FrankRock
bobchauvin@StevenBeschloss. Republicans and don't care about trump's taxes. They admire him for tax avoidance.
Timothy R. Myers - 8base CTO@StevenBeschloss There are a lot of things in 2016 that would have saved us six years of pain…so many things.
Richard@StevenBeschloss he absolutely should have released his taxes, but knowing he's a tax dodger and a liar wouldn't have stopped Republicans from voting for him any more than knowing about his overt racism and antisemitism and misogyny and rape accusations and failed businesses and foreign entanglements did.
R.D.Laurance@StevenBeschloss
ABSOLUTELY!!! Those returns show -in B&W- that the bloviated orange clown was never anything other than a half-witted carnival barker. Maybe 10% of his fringe lunatic base would have been smart enough to understand that!.
ABSOLUTELY!!! Those returns show -in B&W- that the bloviated orange clown was never anything other than a half-witted carnival barker. Maybe 10% of his fringe lunatic base would have been smart enough to understand that!.
Nelson SVG James@StevenBeschloss
Supreme Court should also release their tax returns
Supreme Court should also release their tax returns
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The cult was/is fact/hypocrisy proof
The cult was/is fact/hypocrisy proof
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We need to know where their loyalties lie and who owns them. It’s that simple!!!!
We need to know where their loyalties lie and who owns them. It’s that simple!!!!
The Big Fox@StevenBeschloss just need one swing state to do it.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
SM Rose@StevenBeschloss But he promised to release his tax returns after he was elected in 2016. So he must be happy about this happening. No? 🤔
Pusher Of Pixels (old account)@StevenBeschloss I agree, but how do you make that law that isn't afoul of the specifically proscribed prerequisites in the Constitution?
Tim Murphy@StevenBeschloss
Along with a full psychiatric assessment.
Along with a full psychiatric assessment.
@StevenBeschloss corruption will not disappear from the government of humans. But it can be controlled and punished.
Robert Denby@StevenBeschloss
Agreed. Although, let's be real here, any american who fell for trumpy's bullshit did so because they did not care that his entire public life has been a monument to narcissism, pettiness, and thievery. Certain weak minded fools decided he was their friend because he said mean things at people 40 years of AM talk radio and Fux "News" programmed said weak minded fools to hate on reflex.
Agreed. Although, let's be real here, any american who fell for trumpy's bullshit did so because they did not care that his entire public life has been a monument to narcissism, pettiness, and thievery. Certain weak minded fools decided he was their friend because he said mean things at people 40 years of AM talk radio and Fux "News" programmed said weak minded fools to hate on reflex.
✡️ MG ✡️ #VoteBlue@StevenBeschloss I think they sold be required to release just to run for the nomination.
Schnapsidee@StevenBeschloss
His voters didn’t care. They still don’t care. Republicans vote in lockstep. How would releasing them change anything in 2016, when getting Dems to vote for Hillary amidst the Bernie Bro drama was like herding cats?
His voters didn’t care. They still don’t care. Republicans vote in lockstep. How would releasing them change anything in 2016, when getting Dems to vote for Hillary amidst the Bernie Bro drama was like herding cats?