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debm55

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12. If he even exists.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 30, 2023, 09:06 PM

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MAGA Mike says he and wife "took in" their son Michael when they were newlyweds. HOWEVER, [View all] pnwmom Oct 2023 OP

.. Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #1

I'll bet this "son" is trying very hard not to be found Deuxcents Oct 2023 #2

If he even exists. debm55 Oct 2023 #12

I just find it strange. My own sons are in their 20's and there's no way Wingus Dingus Oct 2023 #3

Yep, this is a Nestor situation. sarcasmo Oct 2023 #15

Isn't this similar to Matt Gaetz when he said he adopted a boy? Evergreen Emerald Oct 2023 #4

Much discussion on Reddit about the "black son". I agree that he most likely exaggerated a fleeting church relationship Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #5

Maga Mike, adoptions are public events, even if informal, and society spooky3 Oct 2023 #6

Here is a photo of Michael womanofthehills Oct 2023 #7

What video? n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #22

Here is the video womanofthehills Oct 2023 #24

"Took Custody" Just exactly what does that mean? Adopted? Fostered? appleannie1 Oct 2023 #8

Nothing official. The claim is they didn't want to go through the "long process." nt pnwmom Oct 2023 #10

Only he is never mentioned, not even in biographies or celebrations when Johnson wins elections. appleannie1 Oct 2023 #11

And "have four children together" implies they might have had others separately. nt pnwmom Oct 2023 #18

And it is pretty hard to teach their message and have that hanging over their heads. LOL appleannie1 Oct 2023 #33

That book Mike says defines his life says something about that sort of thing. Girard442 Oct 2023 #9

The book says a bunch of stuff, and much of it horrifying. ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #27

Keep 'splainin' mikey. MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #13

Frankly, I though it was strange.. chouchou Oct 2023 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp Oct 2023 #16

Everything About This Feels Wrong DET Oct 2023 #17

So Johnson was single when he took in this child, two years before his marriage. Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #19

According to one version of his story the "adoption" took place in 1997, pnwmom Oct 2023 #32

Something's fishy with the "relationship". live love laugh Oct 2023 #20

I suspect that for these Republickscum adoption is the easy, legal alternative to Grokenstein Oct 2023 #21

I don't really care about what the formal arrangements were -- Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #23

Formal/informal wouldn't matter if it weren't combined with the occasional "trotting out" pnwmom Oct 2023 #25

Yeah, the details or specifics which matter are the f-ing LIES. RockRaven Oct 2023 #26

I hope Michael is ok after his encounter with Mad Mike the MAGAt Mullah. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #28

We shouldn't keep complicating... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #29

They took him in for a threesome. milestogo Oct 2023 #30

No 25 year old adopts a 14 year old. sheshe2 Oct 2023 #31

This story does not hold up LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #34

Normally I'd say, leave the kids out of it... Mr. Ected Oct 2023 #35