Mike Johnson’s denials of knowledge of presidential scandals strain credulity – but may be an effective tactic

The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has developed a go-to response when asked about something controversial Donald Trump or members of his administration said or did.

It’s some version of “I don’t know anything about that.”

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    15·
    9 days ago

    Seriously, if there’s this many things about their direct line of work that they don’t know, maybe they should find another line of work.

    • Kronusdark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      9 days ago

      Sometimes I say this at work, but you can be damn sure the second time that question is asked, I’m prepared.

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 days ago

        At my first IT job (which was help desk/sysadmin), during onboarding I was told “it’s not okay to say ‘I don’t know’ unless you follow it up with ‘but I will find out.’”