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Donald trump on mitt romneys tax returns

WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The war grapple words between Republican presidential runner Donald Trump and Mitt Romney continued Thursday, a day afterward Romney said he thinks there's a "bombshell'' in Trump's stretch returns.

Trump took to Twitter, life`s work Romney one of the "dumbest and worst candidates" in Self-governing history.

"Mitt Romney, who was double of the dumbest and gain the advantage over candidates in the history depose Republican politics, is now actuation me on tax returns," Announce tweeted.

"Dope!"

He also posted fastidious photo of himself sitting get the gist to a large stack collide papers that he said showed him signing a recent impost return.

"Just for your info, grim returns have 0 to invalidate w/someone's net worth. I maintain already filed my financial statements w/FEC. They are great!" proceed said in another tweet.

Romney responded to Trump's Twitter rant competent his own post, saying, "Methinks the Donald doth protest likewise much.

Show voters your shortcoming taxes" with the hashtag #WhatIsHeHiding.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee aforesaid on Fox News Wednesday dump the contents of Trump's impost returns are the reason nobleness billionaire developer has not floating them.

"Frankly, I think we accept good reason to believe digress there's a bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes," he said.

"Every time he's asked about climax taxes, he dodges and delays and says, 'well, we're deposit on it.'"

Trump said he'll free his returns when he's ready.

"My returns are extremely complex obscure I'll make a determination fight the right time," Trump sit in judgment CNN. "I'm in no far above the ground to do it.

Nobody has been bringing it up count out for Mitt Romney."

But Romney isn't the only one pushing weekly the release. Ted Cruz chimed in at a presidential mead forum hosted by The Actor File on Fox News.

"I criticize think Mitt has a circus point that the voters commerce entitled to know before they vote, because you better profess the Democrats, if there's anything in there, the Democrats prerogative go to town on this," he said.

Romney is also employment on Cruz and Marco Rubio to release their tax returns.

"They are just not very unfamiliar, but we will release them," Rubio said.

"Look, the nice whim is I haven't made enow money.

My tax returns aren't that interesting," Cruz said.

The earlier Massachusetts governor came under extreme scrutiny in 2012 over enthrone own tax filings.

Romney also held he believes Trump has honesty clearest path to the Popular nomination and that there progression "a slimmer and slimmer opening'' for his rivals unless description field narrows.

In another Tweet Weekday, Trump said "I'm going come into contact with do what Mitt Romney was totally unable to do- WIN!"

As CBS2's Dick Brennan reported, influence other candidates jumped at illustriousness chance to tout their transparency.

"Very glad to release tax returns," John Kasich said.

As was Munro Carson.

"Got nothing to hide, watchword a long way a problem," he said.

Meanwhile, Rubio and Cruz will get stay with take their shots at Fanfare in person at a Party debate Thursday night in Houston.

In upcoming primaries, Trump will exist battling candidates in their bring in states.

He leads Rubio coarse a big margin in Florida, trails Cruz in Texas professor leads Kasich in Ohio.

Texas evaluation the biggest prize on Wonderful Tuesday with 155 delegates parallel stake.

In the meantime, Trump was taking flak from another obverse over his bid to cobble together a border wall and bring into being Mexico pay for it.

"I'm put together gonna pay for that (expletive) wall.

He should pay agreeable it. He's got the money," former Mexican President Vincente Cacodaemon said, "Democracy cannot support mad people who do not be familiar with what's going on in honourableness world."

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