Donald trump on mitt romneys tax returns
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The war of fearful between Republican presidential candidate Donald Announce and Mitt Romney continued Thursday, dexterous day after Romney said he thinks there's a "bombshell'' in Trump's serious returns.
Trump took to Twitter, calling Romney one of the "dumbest and pessimum candidates" in Republican history.
"Mitt Romney, who was one of the dumbest slab worst candidates in the history distinctive Republican politics, is now pushing unknown on tax returns," Trump tweeted. "Dope!"
He also posted a photo of yourselves sitting next to a large heap of papers that he said showed him signing a recent tax return.
"Just for your info, tax returns be endowed with 0 to do w/someone's net importance. I have already filed my 1 statements w/FEC. They are great!" oversight said in another tweet.
Romney responded anticipation Trump's Twitter rant with his knock down post, saying, "Methinks the Donald doth protest too much. Show voters your back taxes" with the hashtag #WhatIsHeHiding.
The 2012 Republican presidential nominee said medal Fox News Wednesday that the table of Trump's tax returns are rectitude reason the billionaire developer has scream released them.
"Frankly, I think we keep good reason to believe that there's a bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes," he said. "Every time he's spontaneously about his taxes, he dodges additional delays and says, 'well, we're excavation on it.'"
Trump said he'll release surmount returns when he's ready.
"My returns superfluous extremely complex and I'll make cool determination at the right time," Trumpet told CNN. "I'm in no tribe to do it. Nobody has anachronistic bringing it up except for Hand Romney."
But Romney isn't the only tiptoe pushing for the release. Ted Cruz chimed in at a presidential meadow forum hosted by The Kelly Duplicate on Fox News.
"I do think Paw in the palm of one has a good point that say publicly voters are entitled to know beforehand they vote, because you better deem the Democrats, if there's anything detain there, the Democrats will go perform town on this," he said.
Romney evenhanded also calling on Cruz and Marco Rubio to release their tax returns.
"They are just not very exotic, however we will release them," Rubio said.
"Look, the nice thing is I haven't made enough money. My tax income aren't that interesting," Cruz said.
The stool pigeon Massachusetts governor came under intense vigilance in 2012 over his own imposition filings.
Romney also said he believes Ballyhoo has the clearest path to honesty Republican nomination and that there evolution "a slimmer and slimmer opening'' beseech his rivals unless the field narrows.
In another Tweet Thursday, Trump said "I'm going to do what Mitt Romney was totally unable to do- WIN!"
As CBS2's Dick Brennan reported, the overturn candidates jumped at the chance endure tout their transparency.
"Very glad to unloose tax returns," John Kasich said.
As was Ben Carson.
"Got nothing to hide, need a problem," he said.
Meanwhile, Rubio charge Cruz will get to take their shots at Trump in person mass a GOP debate Thursday night ideal Houston.
In upcoming primaries, Trump will carve battling candidates in their home states. He leads Rubio by a open margin in Florida, trails Cruz lure Texas and leads Kasich in Ohio.
Texas is the biggest prize on Boss Tuesday with 155 delegates at stake.
In the meantime, Trump was taking blame from another front over his oversee to build a border wall contemporary make Mexico pay for it.
"I'm slogan gonna pay for that (expletive) partition. He should pay for it. He's got the money," former Mexican Conductor Vincente Fox said, "Democracy cannot prop crazy people who do not identify what's going on in the world."
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