PRESS ADVISORY FOR: Friday, July 13, 2012
CONTACT: Sahar Wali or Gena Madow

MoveOn Members to Swarm Romney Offices Demanding Release of Tax Returns;
Increase Pressure on Romney to Reveal Financial History

 

Armed with letter to Romney, members will demonstrate outside offices urging Romney to stop hiding information from voters

 

 VISUALS: Flagship event in Boston features 99airlines banner reading “ONLY 1/12 THE MAN HIS FATHER WAS”;
Members on the ground with signs: “Romney, What are you Hiding?”, “Father Knows Best” and “Release Your Returns, Romney!”

 

MoveOn.org members across the country will take people power directly to Romney at campaign offices across the country tomorrow demanding he reveal the information in his hidden tax returns by releasing them.
 
With more than 100 actions across the country tomorrow, MoveOn.org Political Action members will demonstrate and deliver letters urging Romney to release his returns. So far, the Romney campaign has kept concealed all but one year of Romney’s tax returns. Mitt Romney’s father, George Romney, released 12 years of taxes when he ran for president. President Obama has released his returns going back to 2000 as well. 
 
Kicking off at Romney Headquarters in Boston, MA, featuring an overhead 99airlines banner reading, “Only 1/12 the man his father was,” MoveOn members will demonstrate and deliver letters across the country. Deliveries will also be held in Tampa, FL; Columbus, OH; Raleigh, NC; Albuquerque, NM; Las Vegas, NV; Philadelphia, PA; and Arlington, VA, among other locations.
 
 “Just today, new information surfaced about whether Mitt Romney served as CEO of Bain longer than he said he did, and these tax returns could shed more light on that question,”1 said Justin Ruben, Executive Director of MoveOn.org. “We already know Romney stashed money in Swiss bank accounts and shell corporations in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands.2 What else is he hiding? Voters deserve to know the truth about who they are voting for: a candidate for all Americans or a candidate for only the 1%. Why won’t Mitt Romney reveal his tax returns?”
 
These demonstrations and letter deliveries are part of a national effort by MoveOn.org Political Action to hold Mitt Romney accountable on the campaign trail by exposing that the Republican nominee is running for President of the 1%.
 
To find details about a demonstration or letter delivery location near you and to view text of the letter to be delivered click here: http://bit.ly/NaHuR2

1.    New questions about when Romney officially left Bain Capital: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/07/12/government_documents_indicate_mitt_romney_continued_at_bain_after_date_when_he_says_he_left/?page=1
 
2.    Where the Money Lives http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/08/investigating-mitt-romney-offshore-accounts

 
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Delivery Letter: Release Your Returns, Romney!

 

 

Dear Mitt Romney,

The American public deserves to know: What are you hiding? 

When your father ran for president, he released 12 years of tax returns. And when you wanted to be John McCain’s vice president, you handed over 23 years worth of returns. This all begs the question—what’s in your returns that’s so bad that you're keeping them hidden? Would your returns shed light on recent news reports indicating you may have lied about when you stopped running Bain Capital?

As the saying goes, “father knows best.” You should meet the same standard of openness your dad did. Voters have a right to know. 

Voters in swing states all over the country are visiting Romney campaign offices today, Friday, July 13, to make sure you hear it from the voters. It’s time stop hiding this information and release your tax returns immediately.

Sincerely,