Ohio Democratic Party

09/18/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/19/2024 15:56

RE❌INDER: Bernie ❌oreno “Falsely Claimed” To Have An ❌BA Fro❌ University of ❌ichigan

RE❌INDER: Bernie ❌oreno "Falsely Claimed" To Have An ❌BA Fro❌ University of ❌ichigan

September 18, 2024

Colu❌bus, OH - One week since the Ohio Capital Journal found that Bernie ❌oreno is lying to Ohioans about having an ❌BA degree fro❌ the University of ❌ichigan, ❌oreno continues to face scrutiny for "falsely claim[ing]" to have an ❌BA ❌ultiple ti❌es.

What Ohioans Are Reading / Watching About ❌oreno's Phony ❌BA:

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Russ Mitchell, WKYC: "3 News has learned academic credentials attributed to Bernie Moreno are being questioned."

WKYC: No, Ohio US Senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't have an MBA from the University of Michigan, despite documents claiming he does: VERIFY
Stephanie Haney
September 12, 2024

  • 3News has found that at least two different organizations have listed that Republican nominee Bernie Moreno earned a Master's degree in Business Administration after graduating from the University of Michigan.
  • Moreno served on the board of the Cleveland Foundation from 2014-18, and the organization's Fall/Winter 2014 magazine included that Moreno had earned a Master of Business Administration from Michigan…
  • Prior to this, a 2011 application included ina lawsuit about his car dealership in Florida also listed that he earned an MBA from Michigan in 1991.
  • But the university registrar's office confirmed to 3News that the only degree Moreno has earned from the school is a bachelor's degree.
  • So we can VERIFY that no, Bernie Moreno did not earn an MBA.

MSNBC: Thursday's Campaign Round-Up
Steve Benen
September 12, 2024

  • In Ohio's U.S. Senate race, when Republican hopeful Bernie Moreno joined the board of the Cleveland Foundation, his biography claimed he held an MBA from the University of Michigan. He does not have an MBA from the University of Michigan…

Roll Call: At the Races: Recapping the season
Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
September 12, 2024

  • MBA blues: A claim that Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno holds an MBA from the University of Michigan appeared on both his car dealership application and a short bio when Moreno served on the board of a Cleveland charity. However, the Ohio Capital Journal reports that Moreno… earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan but not an MBA.

Cleveland.com: Capitol Letter: Master's of none
Jeremy Pelzer
September 12, 2024

  • As Marty Schladen of the Ohio Capital Journal reports, Moreno's November 2011 application to open a Florida car dealership stated incorrectly that he held an MBA from the University of Michigan, as did Moreno's Cleveland Foundation website bio when he first joined the foundation's board in 2014.
  • A 2018 Cleveland State University bio, as well as the website of a Moreno-owned Mercedes-Benz dealership in North Olmsted, asserted he earned multiple degrees from Michigan.

Cleveland.com: Bernie Moreno MBA miscue: Darcy cartoon
Jeff Darcy
September 12, 2024

  • … U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't actually have an MBA degree from the University of Michigan, as had been claimed in his Infiniti auto dealership application and Cleveland Foundation bio.
  • It has been uncovered that Moreno was twice credited with having a Master in Business Administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that he does not hold.

The New Republic: MAGA Senate Candidate Caught Lying to Voters About His Money
Edith Olmsted
September 12, 2024

  • In addition to his future plans, it seems Moreno has also been lying about his past. When he applied to open an Infiniti car dealership in Coral Gables, Florida, a document submitted claimed that he had received an MBA from the University of Michigan. Moreno had even signed the application. However, the Michigan Office of Public Affairs told the Ohio Capital Journal Monday that Moreno held only a bachelor's degree in business.
  • A 2018 biography of Moreno from when he chaired the Cleveland State University Board of Trustees claimed that he held multiple degrees from Michigan, but he only has one. The claim that he had received an MBA also appeared on the website for a car dealership he owned in North Olmsted, Ohio.

Political Wire: GOP Candidate Doesn't Have the MBA He Claims
Taegan Goddard
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," Ohio Capital Journal reports.
  • "However, a spokeswoman for the university on Monday said all Moreno has is a bachelor's degree in business that was awarded in 1989."

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

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