Posted on 11/02/2023 7:37:41 PM PDT by Reno89519
Some Americans rallied behind House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday after a report nitpicked his personal finances and put a harsh spotlight on the possibility that he lives paycheck to paycheck.
The Daily Beast published a report headlined, "Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?," which featured a subhead that said he "has never listed a bank account on his financial disclosure. In fact, on his newest disclosure he doesn’t list a single asset at all."
"Over the course of seven years, Johnson has never reported a checking or savings account in his name, nor in the name of his wife or any of his children, disclosures show. In fact, he doesn’t appear to have money stashed in any investments, with his latest filing — covering 2022 — showing no assets whatsoever," Daily Beast senior political reporter Roger Sollenberger wrote.
"Of course, it’s unlikely Johnson doesn’t actually have a bank account," Sollenberger continued. "What’s more likely is Johnson lives paycheck to paycheck — so much so that he doesn’t have enough money in his bank account to trigger the checking account disclosure rules for members of Congress."
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, added, "So, to extent accurate, he’s like a lot of Americans right now while also navigating raising a large family? What a monster."
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., wrote, "So the Daily Beast wants people to be mad that Speaker Johnson isn’t corrupt and hasn’t used his office to enrich himself? This is how out of touch these guys are."
Author Tim Carney joked, "Who let in the poors?!?"
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Monica Crowley wrote, "I guess @SpeakerJohnson could get rich by selling out America to the Chinese like Biden did, right?"
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His positions make him ‘refreshing’ not his financial circumstances.
True enough. But it is good to see a politician who has not (yet) enriched himself while serving in congress.
RE: paycheck to paycheck
Johnson: Not that we’re poor. We have a load of vittles and even a fancy eatin’ room. A corn shuck bed. This is my one Sunday Go To Meetin’ suit.
My brother grew out of it.
Jeez they are really digging if this is all they could come up with.
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I think it would be better if he took $30 Million from China and rogue countries.
The cloistered rich who view the middle class as dispensable slaves is obviously the way to go.
No one Fucxks with a Biden.
Hillary is really warm in person, too, screams the New York Times.
You mean unlike Pelosi?
The (New) Johnny Paycheck!
The RATs made this possible by voting unanimously to vacate the Speaker. I wonder if they are pointing fingers of blame at each other for endangering their gravy train.
I disagree.
In the last 75 years only three politicians come to mind having left office at the same level of net worth or less at the end of their stay:
Harry S. Truman
Jeff Sessions
Donald J. Trump
Food for thought........
WWG1WGA!
Can’t have someone who might actually be in touch with the reality of the average person.
“ I disagree”
As do I.
if all politicians lived paycheck to paycheck
maybe we wouldnt have inflation?
Well he's not on the take...
Most of them do.
Just with our paychecks.
. . . as opposed to the Bidens, the Obamas, the Clintons, and just about every other Democrat, who have multiple bank accounts stashing away their millions, which surpass anything they could have made on their government salaries.
I mean all those multiple homes and extravagant lifestyles are expensive to maintain ya know. Life is pretty tough for a dishonest politician these days.
the fact he has not enriced himself is refreshing.....definitly a fan now... remember everyone it took 3 days for the democrats to come up with an attack on him and that attack is that he is a Christian.
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