University says GOP Florida House candidate faked her diploma: report

[DonViejo]

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 08/11/18 11:02 AM EDT

School officials said a Republican candidate running for the GOP nomination in a Florida legislative seat lied about graduating from Miami University and faked her diploma, according to a new report.

Melissa Howard, who wants a Sarasota-area state House seat, claimed that she earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the Ohio school.

Florida political news website FLA News Online originally reported that Howard did not earn the degree, but briefly retracted their story after Howard provided a photo posing with a copy of her diploma. But after further investigation and confirmation with the university, FLA News reported Saturday that the diploma was fake.

Miami University General Counsel Robin Parker confirmed to the outlet that while Howard attended the university, there is no record of her earning a degree in 1994 or 1996, as she previously claimed.

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[dalton99a]

1. Fake patriot and her fake diploma (from a public university):

[Older Than I Look]

4. And judging from those roots, fake hair color too...

[rusty fender]

9. LOL!

[Marcuse]

14. Her roots are darker than Alex Haley's.

[Raven123]

16. Commenting on fraudulant is valid.

Commenting on hair, not so much.

[Raven123]

17. I meant fraudulent diploma

[mopinko]

20. meh. people who fake their appearance are phonies.

there, i said it.
some people just have fun w it. fine. i know some people have to do it for their jobs, etc. fine.

but i am one who hasnt worn makeup since my 20's. never colored my grey.
i never wanted to start my day by lying to myself in the mirror. imho, little lies grow bigger lies.

i dont trust people who are bottle blonds or middle aged bottle redheads who were clearly not born redheads.
i prefer people who see things clearly, and stand by that, including the face in the mirror.

ymmv.

[tblue37]

35. How about a 68-year-old (68 next Saturday, actually) bottle redhead who was born

a redhead? (My hair isn't bright red, but reddish brown.)

[CottonBear]

2. Real News: Florida GOP candidate FAKES college diploma!

Well, you know, Dolt45 loves the poorly educated!

Womp, womp!

[pazzyanne]

22. Why did she have to fake her diploma?

She could have gotten a fake one from tRump University.

[Cheviteau]

29. What Are You Implying?

That my Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Trump University may not be valid? That could explain why I wasn't offered a job in that field. Just my luck!

[Blue_true]

33. You know, maybe that is why my engineering degree from Trump U feels like toilet paper. nt

[Runningdawg]

3. Be Best!

[onethatcares]

5. damn Bondi clones are everywhere

she should have used a Trump University diploma.

[bitterross]

6. Typical Republican. Fake and see if you can make it.

Of course she lied. Of course she blamed someone else. Of course she had a photo-op with a fake diploma.

She is a Republican who is out for herself only. Not interested in being in service to her constituents.

[tblue37]

37. FOX News will sign her. nt

[PatSeg]

7. Damn, they are all shameless

They are just a bunch of performers and really bad ones at that.

[snort]

8. Miami University is in Ohio!

Somehow that increases the fake.

[No Vested Interest]

21. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio was founded in 1809, when the land that is now Florida

belonged to Spain.
Miami University is named after the Miami Indians, who inhabited the area.
Two rivers in SW Ohio are named the Great Miami and the Little Miami rivers.

I have read that Miami, Fl and institutions named after that city are named for the Mayaimi tribe.

[pazzyanne]

25. Thank you for supplying the background for the Miami University.

I was a little surprised when the article said it was in Ohio. Now I know the rest of the story and a little history that I did not know. DU is very educational, and that is one of the reasons that I love it.

[More_Cowbell]

24. They had the name first

More than 100 years before the University of Miami in Florida.

[genxlib]

40. But we improved on it

Says this Hurricane.

[IggleDuer]

39. Paul Ryan's "Alma Mater"

Could his diploma be factually challenged ?

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. so, just a typical republican. Deplorable!

[RockRaven]

11. Wow... it's happened before that pols claimed a degree they didn't really have... but a fake diploma

to prop up your lie after being called out on it? That's bold. And very, very dumb.

[brush]

27. Dumb is right. Guess she never heard of oppo research.

How stupid can you get to think no one would find that out?

Now she's just about unemployable anywhere.

[Blue_true]

34. I would not hire a person that did what she did.

How can anyone possibly trust her?

[tblue37]

38. FOX is drawing up her contract right now. nt

[Sneederbunk]

12. Should strengthen her bonafides for 28th primary. Rethugs love cheats.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Well, it is cheaper than student loan payments.

[DoctorJoJo]

15. Be Best--Bitch!

[Historic NY]

18. I had a candidate for firematic job produce a phony GED..

in his qualifications package. I was sitting there and started laughing. Bought somewhere on the internet, it had a phony NY state seal.
the artists rending wasn't even close.



[link:https://www.diplomacompany.com/buy-fake-college-diplomas.html|]

[siriuslll]

19. Bright future at Faux News

Forged documents means she has the credentials it takes to sit at a glass table in a short skirt reading slanted headlines.

[Blue_true]

36. I am sure that she has a future in conservative media.

She lies ruthlessly, her hair color is fake, she zips her front down to near her boobs to catch eyes. Perfect Fox News candidate, just add a short skirt and a low table.

[Fla Dem]

23. God! The GOP is so corrupt in every facet of life. Either that or they are dumb as a sack of rocks.

They think they can lie, cheat, collude, conspire and nobody will ever find out.

Didn't this woman know she has friends, acquaintances that would know whether or not she graduated? How in God's name did she think she would get away with it? Wonder who else she lied to about her "no" degree. Employers?

[skypilot]

26. I am so sick of these people.

Nothing else to say really, just sick of them.

[Laffy Kat]

28. She'll probably still run.

Repugs don't care about integrity.

[Wednesdays]

43. Run? She'll likely win

If the district is gerrymandered enough.

[Laffy Kat]

44. I know. Move over, I want to hit my head, too.

[TNNurse]

30. OMG, when I went to the article,

I got a local ad for the horrific Marsha Blackburn who is running for the Senate in TN. She has been a rep from West TN for awhile and has made her adulation of Trump very clear.

Oh and this woman is a fraud, too.

[karin_sj]

31. Wow, that's pretty bad

But I'm sure that the Repuke voters won't care as they have a great distrust of intellectuals and anyone who they perceive as "elitist."

[stopbush]

32. She could have used her non-degree status as a positive.

Anything can be spun to ones advantage. She could have woven a narrative that she tried to get a degree but never finished for whatever reason. “I want today’s college kids to have a better shot at finishing their degrees” blah blah.

But being an R, her instinct is to lie, even when the truth might be more beneficial.

[Initech]

41. Can they do anything honestly?

[TheBlackAdder]

42. Sorry, I didn't see your post. I'll take mine down.

[Crabby Appleton]

45. I like this photo of her

with her "degree"