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, weāve 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 doesnāt have a gun problem, very possibly does not believe in evolution, definitely doesnāt believe in separation of church and state, has claimed homosexuality is āsinfulā and ādestructive,ā and is married to someone who founded a company that equates being gay with bestiality and incest. And now, for something totally different, weāve learned the new House Speakerā¦doesnāt 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 spouseās name, or in the name of any of his children. In his latest filing, which covers last year, he doesnāt list a single asset either. Which, given that he made more than $200,000 last yearāin addition to his wifeās salaryāis more than a little odd.
They are highly selective in their reading of ātheā bible.
I always like to remind xtians they should listen to their own text and keep it in their closet, as commanded. Certainly, they have not read the Constitution, either. Itās pretty clear this government was set up as a SECULAR one and they need to keep their little book clubās rules out of our government. Any laws have to have a secular grounding, not a superstitious one.
I think everyone reads the Bible selectively ā¦ I mean Iāve never tried to sell my kids into slavery and Iāve 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 wasnāt just rules meant for the clergy? Or do you think that what Jesus said supercedes the old testament when there are conflicts? And if youāre not willing to do that then please stop claiming to represent Christian values as whole, because that is not a well defined set.