Trump Takes Hits on Taxes; Clinton in Trouble over Sanders Insult
While Donald Trump takes hits from the pro-Clinton media over his taxes, HIllary Clinton is doing damage control after the release of an audiotape in which she insults Bernie Sanders supporters.
The New York Times says an anonymous tipster sent them Trump's 1995 tax returns which show a $916 million loss, a number large enough that the Times says Trump could legally have paid no federal taxes for up to 18 years.
Trump's team calls it "genius." New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. "There's no one who has shown more genius in their way to maneuver around the tax code and rightfully use the laws to do that."
"This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code," former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani said. "Don't you think a man who has this kind of economic genius is a lot better for the United States than a woman (Clinton), and the only thing she's ever produced is a lot of work for the FBI, checking her emails?"
Clinton's campaign said Trump's tax return "reveals the colossal nature" of his "past business failures."
Clinton ally Sanders called it an assault on the American people.
"If Mr. Giuliani thinks that Mr. Trump is smart and all the rest of us are dummies because we believe in America, I think they have a very distorted view of the American people and what this country is about," he said.
But the website ZeroHedge points out that Bill and Hillary Clinton used the same tax avoidance loophole, reporting a $700 thousand "loss" to avoid paying taxes in 2015.
Clinton has fresh problems of her own. On a leaked fundraiser recording, she referred to Sanders supporters as basement dwellers,
"They're children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents' basement," she says.
Sanders acknowledged Sunday that he was upset by Clinton's words, and said their two campaigns still have real differences.
Meanwhile, Trump dialed up the attacks on Hillary Clinton's physical and mental health, saying, "She could be crazy. She could actually be crazy."
He also questioned her marital faithfulness, saying, "I don't even think she's loyal to Bill." He added, "She should be in prison."
The Clinton campaign called the attacks "particularly unhinged."
Clinton was in Charlotte, North Carolina, speaking at a black church on America's racial divide.
"We can call for reform to policing while still appreciating the many courageous and admirable officers out there who are doing their jobs with honor and integrity," Clinton said.
