Mitt Romney,
President Barack Obama's Republican challenger in 2012, is reportedly
flirting with a third-party run. Former Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney suggested on Wednesday that Donald Trump is hiding a …
Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama's Republican challenger in 2012, is reportedly flirting with a third-party run.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested on Wednesday that Donald Trump
is hiding a "bombshell of unusual size" in his yet to be disclosed tax
returns, adding that the decision to withhold his tax
records should bar the billionaire from the race for the White House.
"It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse
to release tax returns to the voters," Romney wrote in a post on
Facebook. "There is only one logical explanation for Mr. Trump's refusal
to release his returns: there is a bombshell in them."
"Given Mr.
Trump's equanimity with other flaws in his history," Romney
continued, "we can only assume it's a bombshell of unusual size."
Reality television star Trump told the Associated Press on Tuesday
that he will only release his tax records after the IRS completes an
audit of them.
"There's nothing to learn from them," Trump told the AP, adding that he doesn't believe voters are interested.
Trump stressed his point
once more on Wednesday, minutes after Romney’s Facebook outburst,
stressing in a tweet that his “taxes are under routine audit” and will
be released when the audit has been completed.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is no stranger himself
to controversy when it comes to taxes. While campaigning against
President Barack Obama in 2012, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of
Nevada lambasted Romney over his taxes, which he had yet to release,
falsely claiming that he hadn't paid any in a decade.
Romney ultimately released his 2011 taxes two months ahead of the Nov. 2012 general election.
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