People think the White House just dinged ex-President Donald Trump with its statement about President Joe Biden’s tax returns.
On Monday, the White House made Biden’s tax returns public with a statement that read: “Today, the President released his 2020 federal income tax return, continuing an almost uninterrupted tradition.”
From the White House: "Today, the President released his 2020 federal income tax return, continuing an almost uninterrupted tradition."
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 17, 2021
Folks thought the words “almost uninterrupted” were a dig at Trump, who broke with a decades-long tradition by refusing to release his financial records both before the 2016 election and throughout his presidency.
Trump claimed he was being audited.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday also appeared to reference Trump’s ongoing reluctance to disclose the data when said the White House expects to “continue to release the President’s tax returns as should be expected of all presidents.”
By the way, some Shade Thrown by the White House in its statement releasing the tax returns: "Today, the President released his 2020 federal income tax return, continuing an almost uninterrupted tradition."
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 17, 2021
WH shade
“Almost uninterrupted tradition” https://t.co/14DErO0yKx
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) May 17, 2021
This sentence did make me laugh out loud. https://t.co/cKLG7hrEyl
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) May 17, 2021
The best shade. https://t.co/jhKis75rfo
— Gannon Burgett (@gannonburgett) May 17, 2021
tasty shade https://t.co/jMwXiEV8mi
— brian braiker (@slarkpope) May 17, 2021
— David Solimini (@CommsDirector) May 17, 2021
That's some shade. https://t.co/Ly1xsqdC8h
— Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) May 17, 2021
“Almost.” https://t.co/RVFSf8ceKE
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 17, 2021
"almost" doing a lot of work there. https://t.co/Re6vwnZUwX
— vagrantcow (@vagrantcow) May 18, 2021