Bill passes that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns

[DGUtley]

Interesting article on this issue: https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...release-214950

[Hoosier8]

See more at the link https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...ff-2020-ballot

Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns

Excerpt:

Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.

The bill, which advanced Tuesday to the state's House of Representatives, according to CBS News, would require any candidate on the ballot for president in the state to release five years of tax returns before appearing in a general or primary election.

Senators voted by a 28-21 margin to approve the bill, according to CBS. The state's attorney general and solicitor told lawmakers in a letter this week that the proposal likely was constitutional, but analysts expect the law if passed to be challenged in federal court.

Another Dumb Dem (but I repeat myself) stunt.

[hanger4]

Interesting article on this issue: https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...release-214950

Agreed, interesting article, especially the last paragraph; ................. *Are Democrats willing to trade a low-percentage shot at forcing Trump to release his tax returns for the risk that Republicans will outmaneuver them in the end? It is not clear they would be wise to go down this road, not knowing exactly where it will lead.* .............. Considering Senate Democrats ignored the "bite them in arse ramifications" of a simple majority vote for judicial nominations, I seriously doubt Washington St Democrats have thought this through.

[Captdon]

Sure they can. States have absolute right to regulate their election processes.

They have to treat all candidates the same. They have no power to regulate anything about a federal election.

[Captdon]

Releasing your tax accounts is simply an act of good faith politics. It should be obvious to all that Donnie is not an honest man. Trump snowflakes see in his gaslighting a spokesperson for their grievances, real or imagined. People are so easily led by words from people who appear to share in their biases and prejudices.

Are we seeing the beginning of election trolls?


"What is patriotism? Let us begin with what patriotism is not. It is not patriotic to dodge the draft and to mock war heroes and their families. It is not patriotic to discriminate against active-duty members of the armed forces in one's companies, or to campaign to keep disabled veterans away from one's property. It is not patriotic to compare one's search for sexual partners in New York with the military service in Vietnam that one has dodged. It is not patriotic to avoid paying taxes, especially when American working families do pay. It is not patriotic to ask those working, taxpaying American families to finance one's own presidential campaign, and then to spend their contributions in one's own companies. It is not patriotic to admire foreign dictators. It is not patriotic to cultivate a relationship with Muammar Gaddafi; or to say that Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin are superior leaders. It is not patriotic to call upon Russia to intervene in an American presidential election. It is not patriotic to cite Russian propaganda at rallies." Timothy Snyder https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33917107-on-tyranny

"Cold, grasping, bleak, graceless, and dull; unctuous, sleek, pitiless, and crass; a pallid vulgarian floating through life on clouds of acrid cologne and trailed by a vanguard of fawning divorce lawyers, the devil is probably eerily similar to Donald Trump—though perhaps just a little nicer." https://www.firstthings.com/web-excl...lee-at-parties

"The trick never ages; the illusion never wears off. Vote to stop abortion; receive a rollback in capital gains taxes. Vote to make our country strong again; receive deindustrialization. Vote to screw those politically correct college professors; receive electricity deregulation. Vote to get government off our backs; receive conglomeration and monopoly everywhere from media to meatpacking. Vote to stand tall against terrorists; receive Social Security privatization. Vote to strike a blow against elitism; receive a social order in which wealth is more concentrated than ever before in our lifetimes, in which workers have been stripped of power and CEOs are rewarded in a manner beyond imagining." Thomas Frank, What's the Matter With Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

His taxes are none of your business. As long as the IRS is happy, it's alright.

[Tahuyaman]

See more at the link https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...ff-2020-ballot

Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns

Excerpt:

Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.

The bill, which advanced Tuesday to the state's House of Representatives, according to CBS News, would require any candidate on the ballot for president in the state to release five years of tax returns before appearing in a general or primary election.

Senators voted by a 28-21 margin to approve the bill, according to CBS. The state's attorney general and solicitor told lawmakers in a letter this week that the proposal likely was constitutional, but analysts expect the law if passed to be challenged in federal court.

This is silly, but typical for the Washington state Democrats who have complete control of state government.

Besides, Trump has no shot at winning Washington state. The I-5 corridor dominates the political landscape and they would vote for Lennin or Stalin if they had a D after their name.

[Tahuyaman]

What is this fascination with his tax returns? They show very little. I’d have to research this statute’s constitutionality.

As Rachel Maddow. I'm sure she's trying to forget her experience with that issue.