NBC Hammered Romney on His Taxes, But With Trump: ‘Who Cares?’

Kyle Drennen | February 25, 2016
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Displaying a stunning double standard on Thursday’s NBC Today, host Savannah Guthrie immediately dismissed 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney calling for the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns: “Donald Trump has been very clear, I mean when he was sitting right here, he said, ‘I pay low taxes because I don't want to pay high taxes.’ Is there a bombshell there? Does it matter for Trump? Who cares?”

Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd agreed: “I don't think it matters on his tax rate.” He then observed: “But there’s some irony here that Mitt Romney is doing to Donald Trump, by just sort of openly speculating and trolling him on this, what Harry Reid did to Mitt Romney four years ago, when Harry Reid just said, ‘You know what? I’ve heard he’s not paid any taxes.’”

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