Mike Huckabee used his Wednesday interview on Fox News to criticize the media’s repeated calls for Donald Trump to release his tax returns.
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“I was chuckling. I couldn’t help but laugh when I heard Hillary Clinton say that, ‘I think Donald Trump is hiding something,'” the former Arkansas Governor explained. “This is coming from a lady who used hammers to beat up 13 cellphones … and she’s talking about hiding something? That’s rich.”
Former Arkansas Governor Huckabee speaks as former HP CEO Fiorina listens during a forum for lower polling candidates at the Fox Business Network Republican presidential candidates debate in North Charleston (Reuters Pictures)
“Let’s get to the issue at hand of tax returns,” he continued. “It would be a huge mistake for Donald Trump to release tax returns for a simple reason. Nobody understands tax returns… none of us understand the complexity of a 77,000 page tax code, and imagine how complex Donald Trump’s would be.”
“There is not a reporter at the ‘Washington Compost’ or the ‘New York Slimes’ who has a clue about reading Donald Trump’s tax returns.”