Talk about ironies piled on top of ironies.
Remember in 2012, Romney was hit on his own tax returns. He had released just a couple of years-when normally candidates would release many more years than that.
"Trump rejected Romney's accusation out of hand, saying "there is no bombshell at all other than I pay a lot of tax and the government wastes the money."
"And Trump also slammed Romney, whom the real estate mogul endorsed in the 2012 GOP presidential nominating contest, as "yesterday's news."
"Romney's biting attack hinted at clear signs of alarm in the Republican establishment at the billionaire's tightening grip on the party's presidential race.
"We have good reason to believe that there's a bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes," Romney told Fox News, and also called on the top anti-Trump contenders Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to disclose their tax information as well.
"Either he's not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is, or he hasn't been paying taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hasn't been giving money to vets or to the disabled like he's been telling us he's been doing," Romney added.
"The 2012 Republican nominee's broadside followed Trump's thumping victories in three of the first four GOP nominating contests, including in Nevada on Tuesday night, which have established the billionaire businessman as the party's undisputed front-runner."
"It was also an attack steeped in irony, since Romney was on the receiving end of similar claims by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, when Democrats eviscerated him over his fortune and business record during the 2012 campaign. Reid zeroed in on his taxes, saying he hadn't paid any in a decade without offering any evidence to support the claim."
Remember in 2012, Romney was hit on his own tax returns. He had released just a couple of years-when normally candidates would release many more years than that.
"Trump rejected Romney's accusation out of hand, saying "there is no bombshell at all other than I pay a lot of tax and the government wastes the money."
"And Trump also slammed Romney, whom the real estate mogul endorsed in the 2012 GOP presidential nominating contest, as "yesterday's news."
"Romney's biting attack hinted at clear signs of alarm in the Republican establishment at the billionaire's tightening grip on the party's presidential race.
"We have good reason to believe that there's a bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes," Romney told Fox News, and also called on the top anti-Trump contenders Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to disclose their tax information as well.
"Either he's not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is, or he hasn't been paying taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hasn't been giving money to vets or to the disabled like he's been telling us he's been doing," Romney added.
"The 2012 Republican nominee's broadside followed Trump's thumping victories in three of the first four GOP nominating contests, including in Nevada on Tuesday night, which have established the billionaire businessman as the party's undisputed front-runner."
"It was also an attack steeped in irony, since Romney was on the receiving end of similar claims by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, when Democrats eviscerated him over his fortune and business record during the 2012 campaign. Reid zeroed in on his taxes, saying he hadn't paid any in a decade without offering any evidence to support the claim."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/24/politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-taxes/
By the way, even 4 years later I have to add: Reid didn't provide any evidence that Romney didn't pay his taxes but Romney didn't provide any evidence that he did. So why does the media always run defense for Mitt?
By the way, even 4 years later I have to add: Reid didn't provide any evidence that Romney didn't pay his taxes but Romney didn't provide any evidence that he did. So why does the media always run defense for Mitt?
I guess with desperation setting in, Romney is remembering that this was a pretty effective attack against him.
There has been speculation over whether Trump is as rich as he says he is. But Trump is not going to rise to the bait. He doesn't let himself get put on the defensive. Here he was on Twitter:
Mitt Romney,who totally blew an election that should have been won and whose tax returns made him look like a fool, is now playing tough guy."
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/702632410341576704
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/702632410341576704
Ironies piled on top of ironies.
Harry Reid yesterday had a laugh that Romney is using the tactics Harry used against him in 2012.
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