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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Johnson was Dean of a Christian law school that didn't exist. J. Michael Johnson Esq.,
Johnson seems to be like Santos. A new name to research J. Michael Johnson Esq.,
Snip< J. Michael Johnson Esq., as he was then known professionally, was hired in 2010 to be the inaugural dean of the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law, named for a Southern Baptist Convention luminary who was instrumental in the faith groups turn to the political right in the 1980s. The board of trustees who brought Johnson onboard included Tony Perkins, a longtime mentor who is now the president of the Family Research Council in Washington, a powerhouse Christian lobbying organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as an anti-gay hate group.]
https://apnews.com/article/mike-johnson-house-speaker-2d1a3399e8fe61bf0619d66ba29a1520
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Mike Johnson was Dean of a Christian law school that didn't exist. J. Michael Johnson Esq., (Original Post)
sarcasmo
Nov 2023
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dalton99a
(81,590 posts)1. So the mild-mannered fascist is a fraud
Shocking, indeed
mitch96
(13,925 posts)2. Kind of like the mob putting people in jobs that the mob has a "controlling interest in"
pay them and then they never show up for work but are on the books.
Sounds like a "Sopranos" move..... que the music.
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sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)5. Ethics investigation, Stat!
AllaN01Bear
(18,423 posts)3. snort.
niyad
(113,576 posts)4. Too bad you didn't include three more paragraphs, including
the ones abiut pressler and the sexual abuse allegations by men and yiung boys, and johnson's previous history of election denialism.
Thank you for the article. Truly depressing information.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)6. Johnson is a combination of Matt Gaetz and Santos.
niyad
(113,576 posts)7. with religious certitude-a truly nauseating combination.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,650 posts)8. Here's an article from 2017 about Pressler's shenanigans.
Pressler was a principal architect in the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptists and was accused of sexual abuse of young people in churches.
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/paul-pressler-targeted-in-texas-lawsuit/
Regarding Mr Johnson and Pressler, a man can be easily defined by those with whom he associates.
niyad
(113,576 posts)9. Thank you for this information. Disgusting, but not surprising.
IcyPeas
(21,907 posts)10. Interesting... as apparently his bank accounts don't exist either.
As posted here :
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218416721