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White House: Congress not smart enough to assess Trump taxes
Associated Press ^ | April 14, 2019

Posted on 04/14/2019 6:00:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A White House spokeswoman says lawmakers aren’t “smart enough” to assess President Donald Trump’s tax returns.

Press secretary Sarah Sanders tells “Fox News Sunday” she doesn’t think House Democrats are equipped to examine the documents, which a key House committee is demanding under a 1920s law.

The panel has given the IRS until April 23 to hand over six years’ worth of Trump’s personal and business filings. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: fauxnews; foxnews; irs; liberalagenda; sarahhuckabeesanders; tds; trumptaxreturns; witchhunt

1 posted on 04/14/2019 6:00:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Since when has Congress being full of idiots ever stopped them?


2 posted on 04/14/2019 6:05:04 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Olog-hai

Eff Congressional demonkkkRATs! Crawl back into your slimy sewers.


3 posted on 04/14/2019 6:05:06 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Olog-hai

Yup, she pretty much nailed it.

We’re talkin’ a way over 75% congressional membership in DENSA.


4 posted on 04/14/2019 6:08:38 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Olog-hai

And the witch hunt continues. If the democRATs had a working brain cell they would know that to find a witch you look where Hillary is.


5 posted on 04/14/2019 6:15:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Olog-hai; All
All that Democratic lawmakers want to do is to make sure that all the federal taxes that PDJT has paid are fully justifiable under Congress’s constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers. /sarc
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States."—Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.


Remember in November 2020!

MAGA!

6 posted on 04/14/2019 6:40:50 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Olog-hai

The AP is sounding more like DU lately.


7 posted on 04/14/2019 6:44:59 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: Rurudyne

Wasn’t it Mark Twain that said something like...

Imagine yourself as a congressman, now imagine yourself
as an idiot, but I repeat myself.


8 posted on 04/14/2019 6:49:38 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Olog-hai

What they are going to do if they get hold of his returns is outright lie about them from the house floor. Just like Reid did with Romney concerning him not paying taxes. Knowing they can’t be prosecuted, they will outright lie, and the emidia will carry their water. They will do as much damage as possible, and then, maybe, issue some BS retraction.


9 posted on 04/14/2019 7:26:39 PM PDT by mikefive (RLTW/DOL)
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To: Olog-hai

ROTFLOL!

If we’re going to there ... most of them couldn’t comprehend a receipt from a Shop&Go.


10 posted on 04/14/2019 7:32:24 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Olog-hai

Some of them aren’t smart enough to analyze a gas pump receipt.


11 posted on 04/14/2019 8:46:57 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Olog-hai

Let’s see the politicans who started out middle class who now are millionaires Tax Returns...instead of the Billionaire who doesn’t take the Presidential salary.


12 posted on 04/14/2019 9:08:33 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: Olog-hai

Does anyone know the background of this law that passed not long after the 16th Amendment?


13 posted on 04/15/2019 3:32:37 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Olog-hai

The dems need to get this unbiased expert in to help them.

14 posted on 04/15/2019 3:50:57 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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