Supporter Rep. Mark Sanford Tells Trump: 'Release Your Tax Returns'
C&L readers know all about dead beat dad, Rep. Mark Sanford's adulterous affair while being governor, but he still had harsh words for his candidate, Donald Trump and his refusal to release his tax returns.
Presidential candidates releasing their tax returns is not some "novelty" item, as Trump surrogate Katrina Pierson claimed, but is a long standing tradition in America's democratic process.
Sanford wrote an op-ed in the NY Times called:
I Support You, Donald Trump. Now Release Your Tax Returns:
To him, demands that he release his tax returns are just a ploy by his opponents and enemies to undermine his campaign. But that obstinacy will have consequences. Not releasing his tax returns would hurt transparency in our democratic process, and particularly in how voters evaluate the men and women vying to be our leaders. Whether he wins or loses, that is something our country cannot afford.