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.”

  • @utopianfiat
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    441 year ago

    You don’t care if the Republican Speaker of the House is taking bribes. Okay.

    • guyrocket
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      -431 year ago

      Guilty until proven innocent, right?

      Where do you buy your pitchforks and torches?

      • @utopianfiat
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        221 year ago

        No, he’s proven guilty for failing to properly disclose his finances as required by law.

      • @[email protected]
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        181 year ago

        The people are allowed to ask questions of and demand explanations from our elected representatives. He works for us and we want answers. Who the fuck are you to even imply otherwise? WTF is wrong with you?!

      • @[email protected]
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        151 year ago

        This isn’t a court of law. Is that the burden you live by when hiring a nanny for your kids? That literally anyone who isn’t convinced of a crime is perfectly fine to watch your kids?