“You know, the only one who cares about the tax returns are the reporters.”
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And yet, every presidential candidate (both Republican and Democrat) in the last 40 years has released his tax returns. Why? Because those candidates felt an obligation to show the American people that they had nothing hide in their financial affairs.

As Richard Nixon famously said, when releasing his returns, “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.” One can only assume that Trump’s refusal to follow this long-standing practice indicates that he does have something to hide.