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Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio US Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Doesn’t Hold An MBA, But Bio And Application Claimed He Does

Columbus, OH – One day after the Ohio Capital Journal reported that Bernie Moreno is lying about having an MBA from the University of Michigan, State Sen. Bill DeMora and the OSU College Dems released the following statements:

“It is bad enough that Bernie ❌oreno brags about having one degree fro❌ ❌ichigan, but the new reports that prove he is lying about having an ❌BA fro❌ that school up North are disqualifying,” said Ohio State Senator Bill DeMora. “Anyone who lies about having a ❌ade-up-business-degree fro❌ ❌ichigan has no business representing Ohioans. Go Bucks.”

“If Bernie ❌oreno wanted to lie about having an ❌BA, why would he lie about having one from ❌ichigan?,” said the OSU College Dems.

SEE ALSO: NEW: Bernie ❌oreno Lying About Earning ❌BA Fro❌ University of ❌ichigan

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Columbus, OH- Today, Ohio’s Secretary of State, who oversees all elections in the state of Ohio, appeared on CNN, where he was asked about Trump’s threat to imprison officials, including election officials, that he believed cheats. In response, he said there was “nothing wrong with that.”

Watch the Full Clip Here.

Donald Trump wrote: WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law [..] Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. 

To say that nothing is wrong with that statement is blatant partisanship and unacceptable from any elected official, but especially one in charge of administering the election. 

“LaRose’s claim that there’s nothing wrong with jailing elections officials is disqualifying for any political office, especially the one that is in charge of administering the most critical election in our state’s history,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer. Ahead of November, Ohio Democrats will continue to hold LaRose accountable for the blatant partisanship he’s brought to his office.”

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Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio US Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Doesn’t Hold An MBA, But Bio And Application Claimed He Does

Colu❌bus, OH – New reporting fro❌ the Ohio Capital Journal found that Bernie ❌oreno is lying about having a ❌aster of Business Ad❌inistration degree fro❌ the University of ❌ichigan. Though ❌oreno repeatedly clai❌ed to have an ❌BA fro❌ the University of ❌ichigan in “a car dealership application” with “his signature” and in ❌ultiple different biographies, the truth is “the University of Michigan Office of Public Affairs on Monday said Moreno held only a bachelor’s degree in business” – not an ❌BA.

Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio US Senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn’t hold an MBA, but bio and application claimed he does
Marty Schladen
September 11, 2024

• The claim that car dealer and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno held an MBA from the University of Michigan has appeared in both a car dealership application and in a short biography of Moreno when he joined the board of the Cleveland Foundation. However, a spokeswoman for the university on Monday said all Moreno has is a bachelor’s degree in business that was awarded in 1989.

• The first appearance of the claim Moreno held an MBA from Michigan came as part of a Nov. 25, 2011 application to open an Infiniti car dealership in Coral Gables, Florida. The document was entered into evidence as part of a Florida lawsuit and provided to the Capital Journal.

• It lists the now-57-year-old Moreno’s birthdate, his Westlake, Ohio address, his Social Security and driver’s license numbers, and it lists his academic credentials. It says that in 1985 he graduated from Pinecrest Academy in Florida, and that he received a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Michigan in 1988.

• Then it says, “Graduate Degree, 88-91, Univ. of Michigan, MBA, Business.”

• However, when asked what credentials Moreno had earned from the school, the University of Michigan Office of Public Affairs on Monday said Moreno held only a bachelor’s degree in business that was awarded with “High Distinction” on April 28, 1989.

• In another instance, the Moreno campaign said it didn’t know how a University of Michigan MBA was attributed to Moreno in 2014, when he joined the Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors. His bio said, “Moreno launched his career in the automotive industry after earning his Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.”

• [Moreno’s campaign] didn’t respond to a question asking whether Moreno took any steps to correct the claim.

• A 2018 biography of Moreno while he chaired the Cleveland State University Board of Trustees said he held multiple degrees from Michigan. His bio at the time said, “Mr. Moreno holds a business degree and a liberal arts degree from the University of Michigan.”

• Moreno also appears to have claimed multiple degrees from the University of Michigan in an archived bio that appeared on the website of Mercedes Benz of North Olmstead.

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NBC News: Ohio GOP Senate Candidate Plans New Car Dealership Amid Scrutiny Of His Businesses

Columbus, OH – Two weeks after NBC News caught Bernie Moreno “preparing a return to the auto industry,” Bernie Moreno is being “chide[d]” for spending nearly $50 million to “re-launch” his car salesman career. Moreno has spent $9.5 million on land in Delaware County and “sought and signed off on $40 million worth of Mercedes-Benz financing” despite telling Ohioans “for more than a year that he sold off business interests.” 

What Ohioans Are Reading / Hearing About Moreno’s “New Controversy” After Getting Caught “Preparing A Return To The Auto Industry”:

• NBC News: Ohio GOP Senate candidate plans new car dealership amid scrutiny of his businesses

• The Statehouse News Bureau: In US Senate race, unions chide Moreno for central Ohio dealership plans

• Cleveland.com: Bernie Moreno pursues new business venture as he challenges Sen. Sherrod Brown, disclosure shows

• TiffinOhio.Net: Bernie Moreno plans new auto dealership after claiming to have sold all businesses to avoid conflicts of interest

• Lima News: UAW continues criticism of Moreno

• WCMH: “A new controversy…for Republican Senate candidate and former car dealer Bernie Moreno, who appears to also be a future car dealer.”

• WKYC: “Ohio Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno is planning to build a new car dealership.”

• WLWT: “…Bernie Moreno is preparing to return to the auto industry… ‘this is just another example of Moreno being not trustworthy.’”

• WLIO: “With the court actions against him for not paying earned overtime to his own employees, and the recent NBC News report that he has bought land to get back into the auto sales business, these laborers say that’s not what Ohio needs.”

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Columbus, OH – New reporting from the Ohio Capital Journal uncovered that Bernie Moreno is being backed by a special-interest-funded group that pushed for the closure of the Chillicothe VA. Local veterans and Ohioans who worked to save the VA are calling out Moreno’s “inexcusable” coordination with the group, calling it “absolutely disgraceful and disgusting to veterans in rural America.”

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Ohio Capital Journal: Koch-funded veterans group that backed closing Chillicothe VA working to elect Bernie Moreno
Nick Evans
September 9, 2024

• In June of that year, members of the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee refused to approve nominees to implement the AIR Commission report, effectively killing the idea [of closing the Chillicothe VA]. Many of them cited the impact on services in rural areas of the country.

• But one veterans’ group was furious about it.

• “To say this is disappointing is an understatement,” Concerned Veterans for America’s Darin Selnick said in a press release.

• In Ohio’s current U.S. Senate race, Concerned Veterans for America Action has endorsed Republican Bernie Moreno, and Moreno’s campaign is coordinating door knocking efforts with the group.

• To the people who rallied to save Chillicothe’s VA hospital, Moreno partnering with the organization is a slap in the face.

• Whatever appeal he makes, Jessica Fee sees Moreno working with Concerned Veterans for America as inexcusable.

• “I find it absolutely disgraceful and disgusting to veterans in rural America,” she said.

• Fee works as an organizer with American Federal Government Employees, the union representing employees at the Chillicothe VA. She argued without a VA hospital in Chillicothe, some veterans would go without care. Shifting patients to private providers will only burden a rural health care system struggling to keep up and the drive to other facilities is long and potentially daunting for elderly patients or family members, she said.

• As for Concerned Veterans for America joining forces with Moreno, [reserve Army officer Lisa Parker] argued they don’t understand rural America.

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