BREAKING: Pence will release his tax returns. per CNN

[MoonRiver]

Wonder if he read my DU thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512362483

[bluestateguy]

1. That only makes it more awkward that Trump is not doing so

nt

[MoonRiver]

2. Yes, that's why, in my previous thread, none of us thought he'd do it.

Wonder if he broke ranks to save his reputation.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Forrest Trump -- It's your move!

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"It's 'rigged' I tell you. The GOP establishment is now trying to get rid of me! They even got to Pence!"


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[MoonRiver]

13. "They" got to him! Oh noes!!

[SaschaHM]

3. So I wonder how Trump is going to take this..... I assume badly.

This is such a terrible move when your candidate is making a point of not releasing his. Then again, campaigning in CT as a Republican when you are down 6-15 nationally and trailing by double digits in PA,VA,CO,WI, NH is also a terrible move.

[MerryBlooms]

4. I doubt trump gives a fuck one way or the other. I think Pence knows this is a losing campaign and

is looking out for his political life post this shit show.

[SaschaHM]

6. Trump values loyalty and has the emotional stability of a toddler.

I don't think he's capable of not giving a fuck if he feels betrayed/erred. This is a man so petty that he remembered and used the exact words that Paul Ryan used when avoiding endorsing him in the beginning.

[MerryBlooms]

8. trump thinks he's invincible. Having thought about it a few minutes,

this is an agreement between the two.

[politicaljunkie41910]

9. Weren't the Repugs supposed to be having some emergency Trump meeting?

Maybe the party has decided to dump Trump or Trump is planning to walk away rather than lose, and they are readying Pence to become the head of the ticket. Pence has nothing to lose at this point, and I doubt that he wants to go down with the ship. Pence has done and said everything to try and win in November, and he doesn't have anything to go back to since he had to give up running for re-election as governor in accepting the VP nominee.

[Old and In the Way]

15. That would be fine!

Switch gears and run an incompetent religous nutjob. WIN!

[LeftRant]

19. If Pence didn't know this a month ago when he accepted, he's dumber than he looks.

He gave up his governorship, too.

[Hav]

5. That is awkward for Trump

I wonder whether that was planned together with Trump or whether this is Pence running for 2020.

[MoonRiver]

7. Door #2. I'm also sure he consulted with the party leaders.

I love me some disgraced and humiliated Rump, however it happens.

[Iliyah]

10. This put baby T-rump in a weird situation, plus the bigger babies are going to

babysit themselves. Comedy Central.

[TheBlackAdder]

11. That's guy is as slick and greasy as a pack of Tastykake Jelly Krimpets (I just had them, barf!)

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You could take a pack and grease the door hinges of your car.


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[MoonRiver]

14. I'll pass on the snack and Rump!

[DFW]

16. Pence isn't running for president, so BFD

And he never claimed to be worth billions. I don't care if he has nothing other than his W-2 to show. He isn't the issue. It's the man the Republicans are presenting to be Barack Obama's successor that matters, not some two bit religious zealot governor whose cards were pretty much all on the table to begin with. We've been there, had that.

Trump might release his financials and returns 2 days before the election since probably no one not versed in forensic accounting, if there is such a thing, could make any sense of them in the first place.

[MoonRiver]

17. This is important because it makes Rump look worse.

Whatever helps that cause I'm in.

[TeamPooka]

21. It's because he does really want to run for President someday and why he's

handling the whole thing in a more conventional way than Trump.
He is building his brand for 2020/2024

[Jon Fogerty]

18. One of the very few logical moves

Drumpf's reason for not releasing his taxes is because he's being audited. Pence is not, so in a rare moment of consistent reasoning, the campaign is releasing the VP's taxes to maintain that line of thought.

Wow, this amazing instance of strategic maneuvering makes me want to vote for Trump now!

[RAFisher]

20. Trump has given us no proof he is being audited. I think he's lying about being audited.

There are so many holes in his story.

[MoonRiver]

22. Yes, all he has to do is produce the standard IRS letter stating he's being audited!

We've been audited a few times, and you ALWAYS get this letter. Give us the facts Rump, only the facts.