The new House leader lists no bank accounts, including checking or savings, on financial disclosure forms going back to 2016.
In the week since Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House, we’ve learned a tremendous amount about the Louisiana Republican, and virtually none of it has been good. For instance, the man the GOP just elevated to one of the most powerful jobs in the federal government tried to help Donald Trump steal a second term, is virulently antiabortion, thinks America doesn’t have a gun problem, very possibly does not believe in evolution, definitely doesn’t believe in separation of church and state, has claimed homosexuality is “sinful” and “destructive,” and is married to someone who founded a company that equates being gay with bestiality and incest. And now, for something totally different, we’ve learned the new House Speaker…doesn’t have any bank accounts listed on his financial disclosure forms.
The Daily Beast reports that in financial disclosures dating back to 2016, the year he joined Congress, Johnson never reported having a savings or checking account in his name, his spouse’s name, or in the name of any of his children. In his latest filing, which covers last year, he doesn’t list a single asset either. Which, given that he made more than $200,000 last year—in addition to his wife’s salary—is more than a little odd.
I think everyone reads the Bible selectively … I mean I’ve never tried to sell my kids into slavery and I’ve never stoned anyone for working on a Sunday. But I do like the parts I quoted above.
All the more reason to keep your beliefs private and not using them to argue for anything that impacts anyone else.
I would like to know what parts of the Bible Mike Johnson finds especially important though. Instead of hiding behind the umbrella that is being a self-proclaimed Christian, you should be expected to tell people what kind of Christian you are. Like are you really into the ten commandments, corporeal punishment, and enforcing Leviticus as if it wasn’t just rules meant for the clergy? Or do you think that what Jesus said supercedes the old testament when there are conflicts? And if you’re not willing to do that then please stop claiming to represent Christian values as whole, because that is not a well defined set.