President Trump says he is unimpressed with this weekend's tax protests - and indicated he has no plans to release his tax returns anytime soon.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Washington D.C. around noon on the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and marched toward the Lincoln Memorial.
A protester dressed as Spiderman holds a sign that reads "with great power comes great responsibility", during the Tax March in Downtown Los Angeles for the president to release his tax returns April 15, 2017.
"On the other hand, Donald Trump isn't a blabber, he's a builder, he spent his life building properties. Show your taxes, show your ties!" It is more like an outdoor gathering: an orchestra band playing at intervals, many protestors dancing to the tune of the music, toddlers sitting in strollers, and infants carried in parents' arms.
City officials imposed a one-day rule for the protest.
Trump and his administration initially said they couldn't release the tax documents until an ongoing audit of his finances had been completed by the Internal Revenue Service. Though nearly all news media discussed North Korea's failed missile launch, Trump was instead complaining about the Tax Day marches.
During the campaign trail, President Trump promised to release his tax returns but after 86 days in office, he has yet to do so.
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"We need to see Trump's tax returns as a matter of transparency", Shockley said. OR senator Ron Wyden addressed the crowd, saying Trump was unethical in not releasing his tax returns.
The protest of roughly 200 people began Saturday morning in the city's Martin Luther King Jr.
The demonstrators complain that unlike previous presidential candidates over the past several decades, Trump did not release any of his tax returns.
In January, senior aide Kellyanne Conway said the president would not be releasing his tax records, because "people didn't care". Trump has never given a legitimate reason for why he can't release his returns, so his staunch and longstanding refusal to release the information naturally makes people assume the worst. In the 1960s, The University of California, Berkeley was considered the center for remonstrations.
The media, citing the police, reported that at least 11 people were injured. Police seized a host of sticks, wooden dowels and poles.
"It would be such a distraction from the essential mission of his Presidency, which is to restore economic growth in the United States", she added.
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