Demand that Sen. Vance release 10 years of tax returns like VP candidates in the past (sign the petition)

Add your name to urge Senator JD Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, to release 10 years of his tax returns and disclose the source of his wealth! Dear friend, My name is Matt Hildreth. I grew up on a small farm in eastern South Dakota, so my work at Rural Organizing is personal. Unlike politicians like Senator JD Vance, who seems to have disdain for the small towns and rural communities he is supposed to serve, I care deeply about the people and families who live and work in rural areas across America. And I believe rural voters deserve transparency from their elected officials. Now that Sen. Vance has been named Donald Trump's running mate, we're calling on him to release his tax returns—just as Vice President Mike Pence did, just as Vice President Kamala Harris did, and just as President Joe Biden did. [Sign the petition and urge Senator JD Vance to release his tax returns from the past 10 years!]( [SIGN NOW]( Over the course of his relatively short political career, Sen. Vance has claimed a rags-to-riches story, authoring "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis," a book detailing his childhood in the Ohio suburbs, raised by parents from the Appalachians of eastern Kentucky. The book has been criticized largely for its erasure of Black communities and the structural racism shaping rural Appalachia, as well as its stereotypical, classist, and at times disdainful descriptions of poverty, addiction, and struggle in rural America.1 In his book, Sen. Vance paints the picture of a "culture in crisis" and blames rural communities for the opioid crisis, failing to disclose his connections, as a lawyer for a lobbying firm hired by them, to Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin.2 And his political rise was funded not by grassroots efforts but by far-right tech billionaire and 2020 election denier Peter Thiel and dark money.3Which leaves us questioning, what else is Sen. Vance hiding? I lived in Ohio as Sen. Vance was rising in the ranks. At that time, he was anti-Trump and seemed to be willing to talk about the topics everyday people in small towns were struggling with. But his memoir (which perpetuates the harmful "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" myth), his connections to billionaires (none of which have financially benefited the rural communities his book and career have exploited), and his extreme pivot to MAGA politics have left rural communities with more questions than answers. [It's time we expose the truth behind Sen. Vance's tall tales. Add your name and demand that Sen. Vance release his tax returns NOW!]( [SIGN NOW]( Transparency is the foundation of any functioning democracy, but we still know very little about Sen. Vance, and the source of his wealth remains undisclosed. The media has only recently started to expose the major holes in Sen. Vance's resume, including his now-shuttered, shady nonprofit, Our Ohio Renewal—an organization founded in 2016 with a murky mission and ended with an even less clear impact. The nonprofit came under fire when it was revealed that they had employed an addiction specialist for a yearlong residency in Ohio who also had ties to Purdue Pharma, and who frequently denied the connection between prescription painkillers and the opioid epidemic.4 It was also revealed that the nonprofit spent $0 on charitable activities and grants.5 Taking a page from Trump's playbook, Sen. Vance wants to trick everyday Americans into thinking he is "self-made," when in reality his career has been funded by special interests and the wealthy. Billionaire Thiel appears to be responsible for major developments in Sen. Vance's career, including helping him get his first venture capitalist job and donating a staggering $15 million—the largest donation ever to a single Senate candidate—to get him elected to the Senate in 2022.6,7 This should make us question whose interest he is really looking out for. Before voters head to the polls this November, they deserve to know the truth about Sen. Vance and to have transparency about his financial records. [Click here to sign the petition and demand that Sen. Vance release 10 years of his tax returns like other vice presidential candidates have done in the past, and then share it with three friends to help spread the word.]( [SIGN NOW]( Thanks for all you do. –MoveOn Sources: 1. "JD Vance’s confusing evolution from liberal touchstone to Maga superstar," The Guardian, July 21, 2024 [( 2. "J.D. Vance has a Big Pharma problem," Salon, August 20, 2022 [( 3. "A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary," Politico, May 3, 2022 [( 4. "Vance's anti-drug charity enlisted doctor echoing Big Pharma," Associated Press, August 18, 2022 [( 5. "Super PAC backing JD Vance publishes opposition file on him," Washington Examiner, May 5, 2022 [( 6. "JD Vance owes almost everything to Peter Thiel, a pro-Trump billionaire and 'New Right' ideologue," Salon, July 22, 2024 [( 7. "A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary," Politico, May 3, 2022 [( Paid for by MoveOn. Does not equal endorsement. Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. If you wish to unsubscribe from Daily Kos paid lead generation emails, please [click here](. You will still continue receiving other types of Daily Kos emails. If you wish to unsubscribe from ALL Daily Kos emails, please click the link at the bottom of the email. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. 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