Taxes, Taxes, Taxes.....
Knowing that the Democratic House was going to go after Trump's tax returns, only four among the wide field of candidates were proactively transparent with their own taxes:
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND
Has she released them this cycle? Yes.
How many years worth? 12.
Gillibrand was the first candidate to share her 2018 tax returns. In a video accompanying the release, she took a swipe at the sitting president as she touched on themes of accountability and transparency. I want voters to know Im beholden to no one, that my values are not for sale, and that Im working only for you, Gillibrand said.
Gillibrand has made releasing her tax documents a habit since 2012, when she first shared records dating back to 2007, the first year she held elected federal office.
JAY INSLEE
Has he released them this cycle? Yes.
How many years worth? 12.
The Washington governor dropped his returnsincluding his 2018 onesat the end of March. Inslee has previously disclosed five years worth of returns during his first run for governor in 2012 and the following three years worth during his 2016 reelection campaign.
He has also voiced support for a bill pending in his home state that would keep any presidential candidate who does not release tax returns off the states ballot.
AMY KLOBUCHAR
Has she released them this cycle? Yes.
How many years worth? 12.
Like Gillibrand and Inslee, Klobuchar disclosed her tax documents under the banner of openness, saying transparency and accountability are fundamental to good governance. The Minnesota senator has yet to release her 2018 records, but when she does so, shell have released more years worth of returns than any of her competitors. Her posted documents date back to when she was first elected to the US Senate in 2006.
ELIZABETH WARREN
Has she released them this cycle? Yes.
How many years worth? 11.
Few have been as constant a critic of President Trumps reluctance to share his taxes as Warren, who has made combatting political corruption one of her signature issues. Even her controversial release of a DNA test intended to prove her Native American ancestryan assertion President Trump chided her for with the nickname Pocahontaswas apparently in service of seeking the presidents taxes: