Senator Trolls Donald Trump Over Tax Returns With Nuggets-Style Retweet Plea

A senator is taking a page from a teenagers viral campaign playbook in his ongoing battle to get President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) was seemingly inspired by Nevada 16-year-old Carter Wilkersons mission to gain 18 million retweets in exchange for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendys. He employed a similar tactic to tackle Trump Wednesday:.@realdonaldtrump if this gets 18 million retweets, will you release your tax returns' Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) April 12, 2017 By early Thursday, Wydens lighthearted request for Trump to share his tax returns if his post gained 18 million retweets had been shared more than 11,000 times.Its a long way off the 2.7 million retweets of Wilkersons post, which is tipped to soon become themost retweeted ever:HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3 Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017 Trump had yet to reply to Wydens challenge. Even if Wydens post did somehow achieve 18 million retweets, its unlikely that the president would even pay it any attention.It has succeeded, however, in bringing the issue of Trumps tax returns to the fore once again ' as people across the country prepare to echo the call for his disclosure during a protest titled The Tax March this Saturday.Let's plan a nationwide #DivestDonald and #showusyourtaxes protest for Saturday, April 15 https://t.co/Wo9DY9eEGP Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) January 22, 2017 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=58ec8576e4b0ca64d9189a5a,57f34b5ce4b0703f7590ba66,58ca50b2e4b0be71dcf17d51,57f0bbaee4b024a52d2f57ac -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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