In the Senate.

You are correct. The Speaker of the House is a toady who is held in line in the house by a small cabal of super MAGA people. Given some of his unusual personal situations, (for one, he supposedly has no bank account or financial assets) there’s likely a blackmail situation. His supine nature is also probably the strategy for the “3rd term” loophole.

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gruez 2 days ago | parent [-]

>Given some of his unusual personal situations, (for one, he supposedly has no bank account or financial assets) there’s likely a blackmail situation

1. source on the bank account claim?

2. I don't think you need to involve theories that he's being financially blackmailed, when it's pretty clear that Trump has a tight grip over the Republican party, and isn't afraid to attack or back primary challengers for Republicans that he doesn't agree with, eg. Thomas Massie.

	▲	fhdkweig 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This search yields a lot of results. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mike+johnson+bank+accounts The one at CNN is the more interesting one. It says that he has a bank account but isn't required to disclose it "because it isn't an interest bearing account". https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/09/politics/mike-johnson-finance...
	▲	Spooky23 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Re: #1: https://nypost.com/2023/11/05/news/speaker-mike-johnson-shru... Re: 2: I disagree.