One of Mitt Romney’s sons has an answer for those who say his father should release his tax returns. He jokes that President Barack Obama should go first and release his birth certificate and other records.
Matt Romney’s wisecrack came before an audience in New Hampshire on Friday. In response on Twitter, the Obama campaign tweeted, in part, “Guess he doesn’t have one of our mugs?”
The Obama campaign sells mugs with a picture of Obama’s birth certificate.
Matt Romney was appearing with three of his brothers when he said in regard to the tax return question: “I heard that someone suggested that as soon as President Obama releases his grades, and birth certificate, and a sort of a long list of things, then maybe he will.”
Brother Tagg Romney jumped in and said, “That was not my dad who said that.”
Matt Romney later tweeted regret that he’d repeated what he called “a dumb joke.”
Mitt Romney has refused to release his tax returns but says he’d reconsider if he were the GOP nominee for president. Obama released his tax returns during the 2008 Democratic primary and in each year of his presidency.
The Romney campaign took a different kind of swipe at Obama, calling via a new website for $18 donations as a response to Obama playing golf while on vacation in Hawaii – a dollar a hole.
(Source: ABC News)
Join the official YWN WhatsApp status
6 Responses
Or maybe 18 for Chai he wants the Jewish vote and Jewish checks
Obama did authorize release of both his birth certificate and his tax return.
Romney may be making a serious mistake in not releasing his tax return. It implies there is something serious he doesn’t want people to know. As we already know he’s incredibly wealthy, that suggests he made some investments or charitable contributions that people might object to.
Akuperma, Obama FINALLY released A birth certificate. He never released his school records, (probably because they say where he was REALLY born). The birth certificate that he did release was not in consecutive numbers with the others of that day. I, for one, do not really believe that he was born in this country, and a huge scam has been played on us.
#3- but unless Obama faked his mother as well (i.e. was really adopted overseas, which generates a hugh paper trail), he would still have been a NATURAL born citizen since he was a citizen at time of birth due to his mother being unquestionaly (going back to the Mayflower) a citizen (similar to Romney’s father, who was born abroad to American parents).
However Romney’s lack of a tax return raises some questions as to possible conflict of interests – we all know he is filthy rich, so what’s the issue (and since it’s all “new” money – his grandparents were quite poor- why would that be a problem). So what’s his issue.
Ahavas yisroel- I completely agree with you! What took Obama so long to release his “birth certificate” It obviously took him a while to fabricate it. Besides, only someone with a complex would go so all out about his birth certificate and make a whole big issue of it- and even make mugs! How ridiculous.
The obama birth certificate “bittera g’lechtir ” will be around for another 100 years so the socialist liberal democrat non-workers party might as well chill about it.
I can’t wait till the stuff hits the fan & we are told for sure that the almighty obama wasn’t born where they claim.