Columnist George Will: The conservative Washington Post columnist said on ABC's This Week on Sunday, "Mitt Romney has said he has released all that’s necessary for people to understand 'something' about my finances. Now 'something' is a pregnant word.... The costs of not releasing the returns are clear; therefore, he must have calculated there are higher costs to releasing them." He also addressed Matalin: "But, Mary, is it not what you call a 'real fact' that Mitt Romney gave to the [John] McCain campaign, when it was considering him as a running mate, 23 years of tax returns?"
GOP consultant John Weaver: The consultant, who worked for former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign, told USA Today on Saturday, "Stop demanding an apology, release your tax returns."
Gingrich aide Rick Tyler: The aide to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign told Politico on Thursday night that Romney needed to release his tax returns so people could see if he was being paid by Bain Capital past 1999, when he quit. "Or we’ll just have drip, drip, drip to November."
Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina: Jones told CNN on Thursday, "I think he should release his financial records, and I think if he does it in July it would be a lot better than in October."
Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas: "His personal finances, the way he does things, his record, are fair game," the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee told CNN on Thursday.
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele: "Look, if there's nothing there, there's no there there; don't create a there," Steele said on MSNBC on July 10. "In other words, put out as much information as you can. Even if you don't release 12 years' worth of tax returns, at least three, four, five. You begin that drip back the other way. And it helps to offset some of the noise and the bleeding, if you will, from the cuts that you're getting."
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