CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scolded Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at tonights opening day of the Democratic National Convention for refusing to release several years of tax returns. Reid contends that no other presidential candidate in history has been as secretive. “Never in modern American history has a presidential candidate tried so hard to hide himself,” Reid said in his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The Nevada senator said Romney has asked the country to “take his word” that there are no damaging revelations in his tax returns. “Take his word? His word?” Reid said sarcastically. “Trust comes from transparency and Mitt Romney comes up short on both.”