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A new bombshell report today revealed that disgraced Republican congressional candidate J.R. Majewski exaggerated his academic credentials. This latest revelation adds to the laundry list of lies and exaggerations that has plagued Majewski’s flailing campaign.
Not only did J.R. Majewski and the NRCC claim that Majewski earned academic honors that don’t even exist, Majewski tried to blame his “website guy” for the lie, despite repeating the lie himself multiple times on Twitter and in interviews.
DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre
“On top of exaggerating his military record, J.R. Majewski was now caught lying about his academic record. This extremist will clearly say anything to get elected, and Ohioans are sick and tired of his nonstop lies.”
Majewski’s compounding lies are spelling trouble in OH-09. After national Republicans pulled their spending for the known liar, the race was shifted away from Republicans to Lean Democratic despite being a Trump-won district.
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HuffPost: Embattled GOP Candidate J.R. Majewski Also Exaggerated Academic Credential
By Liz Skalka
Oct 17, 2022
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A GOP congressional candidate from Ohio who is accused of embellishing his U.S. Air Force record was also misrepresenting his academic credentials as recently as last month, archived pages from his campaign site show.
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Majewski, a consultant in the nuclear energy sector who made his lawn into a giant Trump 2020 sign, has touted his academic credentials for allowing him to climb the “highest ranks” at a “Fortune 200 company.” He’s attributed his success to obtaining bachelor’s and master’s degrees, which helped companies to recognize his “intellect and leadership capabilities.”
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It was all on his campaign website, which had stated that Majewski earned a bachelor’s degree in business, summa cum laude, and a master’s degree in project management, magna cum laude, from “Colorado Tech.” The site had this information as recently as late September, according to archived pages — shortly after the AP reported that it couldn’t confirm Majewski’s account of combat service in Afghanistan post-9/11.
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Majewski has since scrubbed any reference to graduating with honors. Asked about it this week, his campaign sent photos of diplomas from Colorado Technical University, a private, for-profit school offering online and in-person degree programs.
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The diplomas confirm that Majewski earned a bachelor’s degree in business management with a concentration in human resources, summa cum laude, and a master’s degree in project management, awarded in 2006 and 2008, respectively. But there’s no reference to the honors that Majewski had once claimed he received with his graduate degree.
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As of Monday, the National Republican Congressional Committee’s website still says Majewski graduated magna cum laude.
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In a comment to the Toledo Blade, Majewski blamed recent website tweaks and mistakes on his webmaster — who, he noted, does not have a college degree.
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“My website guy, who doesn’t have a degree, wrote magna cum laude for my master’s degree,” he told the newspaper. “Just like he put the Air Force logo on my website, just like he put the Project Management Professional logo on my website. He’s just a regular guy from Port Clinton [Ohio] that didn’t know any better, and he was trying to make it look as good as possible.”
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Despite repeatedly describing himself as a “combat veteran” who served in Afghanistan after 9/11, Majewski only served in Qatar for six months unloading cargo, per the AP. The outlet’s reporting also contradicted Majewski’s story about why he couldn’t reenlist, revealing that it was due to a drunk driving arrest at a base in Japan and not a “brawl” in a dormitory as he previously claimed.
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Majewski has downplayed claims about his background as a media smear. In a press conference last month, he doubled down on his Air Force record, insisting that his missions involved flying in and out of Afghanistan, to locations that he could not disclose because his records are “classified.”
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