Epoch Times:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a bill on Tuesday, July 30 that requires President Donald Trump to release his tax returns to the public if he wants to appear on the state’s primary ballot next year.
“These are extraordinary times and states have a legal and moral duty to do everything in their power to ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards, and to restore public confidence. The disclosure required by this bill will shed light on conflicts of interest, self-dealing, or influence from domestic and foreign business interest,” Newsom, a staunch opponent of Trump, wrote in a statement after signing the bill.
Jay Sekulow, counsel to the president, said in a statement that “the State of California’s attempt to circumvent the Constitution will be answered in court,” according to Fox News.
Tim Murtaugh, an official with Trump’s 2020 campaign, said the law was unconstitutional.
“The Constitution is clear on the qualifications for someone to serve as president and states cannot add additional requirements on their own,” Murtaugh said in a statement. “What’s next, five years of health records?” more
Californians should demand legislation that requires their Legislature and Governor be responsible PERSONALLY to pay for any and ALL unfunded spending by their actions.
What I wonder is why hasn’t someone yet broken both of Newsom’s legs??
too bad Kalifornia did not pass a requirement that to be on the Ballot for Governor you need to release a list of how many married women you slept with in the past 5 years…..
Somebody wrote last week about the nightmare scenario for Democrats, whereby Trump loses the popular vote by 5 million, yet still wins the election. Stupid shit like this by Governor Noisome is how that nightmare becomes real. But you Dems just keep f–king the Popular Vote chicken and chasing Trump’s tax returns. You’re having your convention in Wisconsin, so it’s all good now, right? Right.
Good plan, the Trump can have all the California votes declared invalid and none of them will count.
Read the Constitution Gavin, States can’t interfere in Federal Elections.
Trump should ignore this stunt and let them leave his name off the ballot. He’s not going to win the state in 2020 anyway, and this is going to make the Dims look really crooked and stupid to the voters at election time.
Not that they don’t already.
Before he solves any of California’s problems, he Tries to kiss Demicretin National Azz. He is going to run into a buzz saw named Barr.
What a stupid jackass!!
So they think they can tamper with a federal election.
Quick, every red state pass laws that prevents Democrats from being allowed on their ballots.
Fair is fair.
Disenfranchisement of voters. Denial of right to vote for a qualified candidate. Vote suppression. Civil rights issues.
Anyone in CA who would vote for President Trump will write him in anyway. Wouldn’t that be sweet if he won CA that way?
He’s a childish dickbag. His wife is 1000 times worse, believe it or not.
They both never left Jr. high school.
Also, he reminds me of dracula.
Let’s see………a state demands to see a candidate’s tax returns. Ok. Let’s play that game.
The state has jurisdiction over ONLY that state, NOT Federal. And, as far as I know, President Trump has little to no “footprint” in Kalifornication (I could be wrong, but….). DJT’s holdings and business offices are mainly (if not exclusively) in NYC, NY state, and Federal.
So……SUUUUURE. Have President Trump release his KALIFORNICATION state tax returns (i.e., none).
Therefore, President Trump STILL gets to have his name put on the ballot in Kali.
Noose-som, wanna start CW2? Ball is in your court. Your move, asshole.
The law can’t discriminate so all the democrat candidates must release their tax returns to the public also. They’re not squeaky clean either. Let’s see their financial dealings and where their millions came from. Those socialists won’t want to expose their wealth to the masses.
Fair is fair – if Trump has to produce his, so do all of the rest of them holding political office. See how fast that bill gets shoved under the rug.
It’s all about projection. Dems figure since all of them are on the take, Trump must be as well.
Cut off aid to california sanctuary cities NOW.
Pelosi, Feinstein and probably every California politician is quietly wishing that Newsom didn’t sign this bill. You can’t pass a law that applies to only one person.
Joe6pak, it does appear to apply to all candidates – but how much you want to bet that this law will be forgotten by 2024?
But it is amazing how Dems are only concerned with the office of the President, at least as long as it is held by Trump? I have not heard about any Dems being ordered to unblock anyone on Twitter. That judge’s ruling, which said that elected officials could not block anyone, seems only to apply to Trump.
THIS is a BFD! There should be a national uproar over this but as usual people will just go on playing video games and talking on their “smartphones.”
California needs to do us a favor and secede from the Union. Then the Chinese will invade it and take it over. Then the U.S. can invade it and kick out the Chinese while wiping out the Progressives and then re-admit it as a State again. Voila!
“These are extraordinary times and states have a legal and moral duty to do everything in their power to ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards, and to restore public confidence”
Well, if we are truly living in “extraordinary times” why stop with just tax returns? How about issuing numbered ballots? After all we have a “duty” to do “everything” in our “power” to “restore public confidence”. If people knew they would be held accountable for the way they voted that could changes things over night. But why stop there? Why don’t we just round up the “deplorables” and put them in camps so they can’t vote and more importantly they can’t infect others with their kind of thinking.
This ‘the sky is falling so lets piss on the Constitution’ speak makes me glad there is a 2A and at the same time causes an itching sensation in my right forefinger.
Make the standard to get on the ballot a test on The Constitution and the Federalist Papers.
No literacy test to vote but a big one to govern.
I wish Gavin Newsome was running for President. Mr Newsome is handsome, awesome and thensome.
KOOL AID
Gavin did not release the list; but there was a list 3 years ago- BEFORE HE WAS AN “OFFICIAL” CANDIDATE! It had 7 women that were married to others but bore his kids. The taxpayers are paying almost $1,500,000 in “disability” to the pimp husbands of 2. In honest terms it is CHILD SUPPORT or whoreings fees! One of these pimps was his campaign manager!
I’d like to see Trump arrest newsom and all the democRATS that promoted this bullshit for interfering with the federal election process!
“These are extraordinary times and states have a legal and moral duty to do everything in their power to ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards, and to restore public confidence”
Would such ‘minimal standards’ happen to include birthplace, legal citizenship, educational background, any legitimacy of ‘identity’ ?????????
If Newsom were my neighbor and even stepped on my lawn, I’d be swinging that 2×4 with the nails protruding at the end, AT HIS TOMATO OF A HEAD ! Strangling is too easy for him.
relax … this is for the Primary … there is no one running against PDT in the primary 😉
I’m all for this. Trump is a citizen so if he has to give up his tax return then all citizens should be treated the same way. I’d like to see a lot of tax returns. Hillary and Bill Clinton, Pelosi, Warren, Heads of all committees in congress, the Mayor and Chief of Police, My Senetor and Representative, The guy down the street, My boss, My co-workers, My Banker. Its like looking down the troat of everyone you have to deal with in the political arena. Lets not forget the Judges and the Lawyers, and the AMRICAN corporations. Walmart, Chevy, The water company, the electric company, everyones tax return. Go ahead and make Trump show his tax return so we can do the same to anyone in America. You set the presadent and we the people will use the hell out of it. Just remember you ex-wife can use it to.