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>norm requiring presidential candidates to

Apparently not required.

If only we had a president who cares about well-established norms of integrity and truthfulness.

If only we had a democracy and campaign process that valued informed voters more than monied interests

If only citizens would show up to vote for their presumed slam-dunk candidates!

If only the media wouldn't feed the electorate the message that voting is pointless because they already know who is going to win in a landslide!

Mitt Romney got blasted for not revealing his returns (they were being ammended IIRC). The media made this whole thing about it for weeks.

Apparently it didn't matter as much 4 years later. The media are a fickle bunch.

They did the same thing for trump. And for every other thing he ever did. I'm not sure how you could imagine otherwise; anything that could potentially be construed as offensive in some fashion, was reported as such. Most channels absolutely hated him.

But he became president anyways. maybe as a result of it.