He said people who pay taxes are stupid
by digby
The Washington Post reported on a debate focus group:
Trump’s response Monday night when Hillary Clinton accused him of not paying a cent of federal tax left Townley appalled.
“That makes me smart,” Trump said, unapologetic and smiling, during the presidential debate, held in Hempstead, N.Y.
Hillary Clinton suggested a few reasons why Donald Trump is not releasing his tax returns during the first presidential debate, suggesting “maybe he’s not as rich as he says he is” and that he doesn’t pay federal income taxes. “That makes me smart,” Trump interjected.
That comment caused a gasp in the hotel conference room where Townley and five other undecided voters in this battleground state were watching the debate.
“That’s offensive. I pay taxes,” said Townley, 52, a program director for a local council of governments.
“Another person would be in jail for that,” said Jamilla Hawkins, 33, who was sitting beside him in the Crescent conference room at the Embassy Suites in this city of 150,000 near Raleigh.
That focus group of undecided voters mostly seemed to be people who had never seen Donald Trump before.
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