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No stock trading, a hefty home mortgage, and more than $120,000 from Liberty University: Here's what we know about newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson's personal finances
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | October 26th, 2023 | Bryan Metzger

Posted on 10/26/2023 9:48:54 AM PDT by Mariner

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To: Sacajaweau

Wouldn’t call him POOR.

I never grossed more than $63,000 a year in my entire life & I OWN all my property & vehicles.

Being in serious debt isn’t a sign of greatness.


41 posted on 10/26/2023 10:33:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: everlast

Thay all have to fill out financial disclosure papers. You can look up whomever you please.


42 posted on 10/26/2023 10:34:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Pelosi has made millions off insider trading.


43 posted on 10/26/2023 10:34:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Mariner
House Speaker Mike Johnson is much less wealthy than other members of Congress. He doesn't trade any stocks and has a home mortgage valued between $250,000 and $500,000. He's made more than $120,000 since 2018 teaching online classes at Liberty University. The new speaker of the House is not as wealthy as most of his colleagues.

Watch the LAAP-dog media spin this to suggest that Speaker Johnson is a ripe target for bribery schemes by powerful lobbyists and foreign agents who try to shove cash at him for favors, preying on his meager earnings and high mortgage debt.

-PJ

44 posted on 10/26/2023 10:36:18 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: NorthMountain

I doubt it. Source?


45 posted on 10/26/2023 10:38:39 AM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: Mariner
They may have found the last honest man in Congress.

WOW, absolutely amazing.

46 posted on 10/26/2023 10:39:10 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Lots of good signs about this guy Johnson so far - we may have gotten lucky.

But not so much with 20+ RINO's who will not allow him to score points.

47 posted on 10/26/2023 10:40:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: stanne

Gaetz is feeling his oats. I predict he will repeat himself taking out the new speaker within two months. He knows the fundraising potential now and he is in a safe district.


48 posted on 10/26/2023 10:46:58 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Fuzz

OK, I checked. Big Media “Fact Checkers” all say it’s false.


49 posted on 10/26/2023 10:47:59 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Organic Panic

That’s silly.


50 posted on 10/26/2023 10:48:46 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Mariner

Yeah, I’m really likin’ this guy.


51 posted on 10/26/2023 10:52:40 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Lots of good signs about this guy Johnson so far - we may have gotten lucky.

It looks like it. I would guess as a more junior member not on appropriations committees he hasn't been bribed yet and hasn't stepped on anyone's toes and doesn't run his mouth off, which can just antagonize without accomplishing anything.

We'll see when the next omnibus pork barrel spending plan comes up, the release of the J6 tapes, etc.

52 posted on 10/26/2023 10:52:53 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Organic Panic

I very much doubt that. Gaetz saw a job needed to be done and did it. Ragging on him all the time is uncalled for.


53 posted on 10/26/2023 10:58:42 AM PDT by madison10 (He watching over Israel slumbers not, nor sleeps.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They’d investigate a Republican if he got and extra piece of gum from a gum ball machine.


54 posted on 10/26/2023 11:00:05 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Sacajaweau

“Being ‘poor’ is not a sign of honesty. Honesty is a sign of honesty.”

In Washington, DC, I disagree... being poor is a sign of at least relative honesty (unless he he’s really good at immediately spending all of the ill-gotten gains).


55 posted on 10/26/2023 11:07:32 AM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

He’s not a Washington boy...he’s a Louisiana boy.


56 posted on 10/26/2023 11:11:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Exactly. Since those silly financial disclosure forms in Congress are so broad, his house at 250K to 500K can be considered “overvalued” and a crazy judge will indict him.


57 posted on 10/26/2023 11:11:54 AM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: canuck_conservative

Relevant because if the Swamp sucks him in he will be a mega millionaire in a few years.

It usually goes unnoticed and assumed they had already accumulated that wealth before they were elected.


58 posted on 10/26/2023 11:36:42 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

“Lawfare against conservative Republicans is now part of the landscape until there are severe consequences for the Demon Rats.”

So in other words — a permanent feature of the landscape


59 posted on 10/26/2023 11:45:27 AM PDT by Old West Conservative (President Reagan - 3rd greatest POTUS after Washington and Lincoln)
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To: Sacajaweau

“He’s not a Washington boy...he’s a Louisiana boy.”

...and Biden’s a Scranton boy.


60 posted on 10/26/2023 1:07:27 PM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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