Ohio Rep Dave Dobos Lied About MIT College Education

May 13, 2023

in Black Media

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A freshman Republican lawmaker whose identify shouldn’t be George Santos has lately been outed for faking his credentials for greater than 4 a long time, and now he has stepped down from a Home committee management place amid the scandal. (And by “scandal,” I imply “simply one other Tuesday on the GOP.)

In accordance with the Related Press, Ohio state Rep. Dave Dobos (R-Columbus) has, all through his profession, claimed to be a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how (MIT). Nonetheless, in accordance with MIT directors, Dobos was a scholar there for some time, however he by no means obtained a diploma, which, in fact, is just about the defining attribute of the phrase “graduate.”

From AP:

Rep. Dave Dobos, a Columbus-area Republican, attended MIT within the Nineteen Seventies and 1980 and studied economics however didn’t obtain a level, MIT’s deputy director of media relations, Sarah McDonnell, instructed Cleveland.com, which first reported the discrepancy Tuesday.

Home Speaker Jason Stephens has since accepted Dobos’ resignation as vice chair of the Increased Training Committee.

“I’ve recognized Dave to be a hardworking member for his constituents. That is disappointing information,” Stephens mentioned in an announcement.

Dobos had publicly described himself as an MIT graduate, together with on his marketing campaign web site, in addition to in his on-line biography for the Ohio Home. By Tuesday night, that biography had been modified to say that he “attended” the varsity.

Look, I’m simply going to level out that Ohio Home Republicans must be way more embarrassed than they’re to have appointed a non-college graduate to the second-highest place within the—*checks notes*—Increased Training Committee.

However truthfully, this isn’t even about whether or not or not a non-degree holder is certified to work on a committee for increased schooling. It’s simply qu-white ironic how the occasion filled with legislators who combat affirmative motion prefer it ran over their poodle in highschool has produced a lawmaker who has been in a position to skate by a 40 plus yearlong profession as a result of not a single particular person bothered to test and make sure {that a} man claiming to be an MIT graduate is, in truth, an MIT graduate.

However since conservatives would gnaw off each their toes earlier than they admit that white privilege is a much more efficient cheat code than affirmative motion may ever aspire to be, you’ll be able to guess the GOP will write this case with Santos…sorry, Dobos, as an remoted incident that, in fact, has nothing to do with race.