House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) responded on Sunday to a report by The Daily Beast that highlighted his apparent lack of a bank account on his financial disclosure.

The response, however, did not actually answer whether he had one.

Fox News Sunday moderator Shannon Bream pressed Johnson on whether he had a bank account, citing a Vanity Fair write-up of The Daily Beast’s report and noting that “there’s been so much made about it.”

“Can you clear that up for us?” Bream asked.

Johnson did not.

“Look, I’m a man of modest means,” Johnson said. “I was a lawyer, but I did constitutional law, and most of my career has been in the nonprofit sector. We have four kids, five now, that are very active. And I have kids in graduate school, law school, undergraduate. We have a lot of expenses, but I can relate to everybody else. My father was a firefighter, right? I didn’t grow up with great means. But I think that helps us to be a better leader because we can relate to every hard-working American family. That’s who we are. And I think it governs and helps govern my decisions and how I lead.”

  • @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    Somehow I’m getting two-three texts every day from this scumbag, though I’ve never voted conservative or signed any conservative petitions.

    Different number every time, so I can’t block them.

    Help.

    • @SuperCub
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      68 months ago

      If you opt out and still get texts, you can probably file a complaint with the FCC or some federal agency.

      • Cosmic Cleric
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        38 months ago

        Any email given to any government agency becomes public and purchasable by third parties.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      Respond back, get on the phone with someone. Sound crazy. Make up absurd crackpot ideas and demand that they agree with you such as James Madison wasn’t a Mason he was an alien and is Speaker Johnson aware of this and investigating?