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[–] [email protected] 97 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

House Ethics Committee filing guidelines state that members must disclose bank accounts they have at every financial institution, as long as the account holds at least $1,000 and the combined value of all accounts—including those belonging to their spouse and dependent children—exceeds $5,000.

Dude is either a broke Republican, he's hiding his money in offshore accounts, or he's donating so much money to his church that he's effectively broke.

Either way, he's doing it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago

He has to be able to afford those suits. He's hiding his money.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If there is a plausible scenario that involves him straight-up lying, not giving a single fuck and telling anyone who is asking that they can go fuck themselves - well, that's the explanation I would go with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Simplest answer something something

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's zero chance he's a broke Republican.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Broke Republicans exist. They’re just not the ones in elected office. They’re the ones being duped by the ones in elected office.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or he is "buried gold" level unhinged.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

And if that's true, that's an asset and would constitute an ethics violation. I sincerely hope it's that one, and we can start calling him "Pirate Mike."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Whatever the reason, it's probably not good.