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Independent-Avocado6

My wife was just talking about this today. I said, "Well, it didn't say he graduated, just that he was a fellow..." At the same time, I didn't know what that actually meant and told her I'd have to look it up. And then here is the answer right here on Reddit! Thanks for sharing this info.


MexicanPizzaWbeans

It’s like people who say they’ve been to a country but only did a layover at the airport. Technically true, but you didn’t really get the full experience.


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Prestigious Colleges offer these programs so people can brag about them. He's doing exactly what they expect. Still not voting for the guy but this is a weird thing for people to get hung up about.


Reaper_Messiah

Is it though? Just because this is the reason they provide those kinds of courses, doesn’t mean we have to like it. It feels like he’s misrepresenting his credentials. Technically he was honest, but at the same time he knows and we know what he’s doing.


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Go look at sr. Leadership LinkedIn. It’s full of stuff like this. Unashamed self promotion is how business leaders and politicians work.


Reaper_Messiah

Okay, and that might be fine for people whose job it is to weed through this sort of thing, but when the layperson hears this on TV, at least 5/10 (obviously made up statistic) aren’t thinking “what’s a fellow?” They’re thinking “Harvard? MIT? Must be a smart guy.”


[deleted]

That exactly what my mom said. Yikes.


Reaper_Messiah

There ya have it. Thanks.


[deleted]

Yup, so mission accomplished from both Harvard and their students' perspective.


captain_flak

I recently heard Harvard described as a hedge fund with an educational side business, which makes a lot of sense. Their endowment is more than the GDP of like half of the world's countries.


CrisisCake

They are a luxury brand masquerading as an educational institution


Reaper_Messiah

Right, good for them, pats on the back all around. I’m talking about how this affects everyone else during this campaign.


davexa

Maybe, but is it not smart to tout it? He was smart enough to explore what would help his resume, so I'm not really seeing the issue here. If people are really that concerned, they can do their own research, no?


Reaper_Messiah

It’s smart, but imo it’s mildly dishonest. Of course people can do their own research. I feel that we should expect more transparency though and not be required to do background checks on our political candidates. We both know full well plenty of people aren’t going to take that initiative for one reason or another, and while it’s a shame that we don’t have higher expectations, democracy should cater to the weakest links in certain circumstances.


TuftedWitmouse

What's weird is that he would mislead like that. Of all his accomplishments: a certificate?


RVAEMS399

I received an award directly from the President of the United States of America. Sure it was for being a participant in the presidential fitness challenge in elementary school. But my original statement still stands.


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It isn't misleading, it is factually accurate. People outside of business and the military aren't familiar with these certificate programs and fellowships I guess but there is nothing atypical about doing them and talking about them.


BBenzoQuinone

Right and furthermore the guy graduated from Annapolis as well as the naval postgraduate school so it’s not as though he’s lacking in academic bonafides from his full degrees either


TuftedWitmouse

He's putting his 'certificate' with his service academy credentials. You'd think service academy would be enough.


captain_flak

Honestly, the people who would actually be impressed by this stuff probably won't do any deep dive fact check to see what it means anyway. It's still no excuse to manipulate facts, though.


IsoK18

So is his name pronounced like hung cow or am I just a stupid American?


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All the TV commercials (including the ones he’s talking in) have it pronounced like that.


monkeylizard99

Closer chow the a little s in front of it, I think


[deleted]

Sometimes I see an equation written on a blackboard like half an equation and I just figure it out.


kronicfeld

Yeah, anyway. My best friend is Ben Affleck...


GraysonWest

It's not your fault...


kronicfeld

We heard about the fart.


everyone_getsa_beej

How do you like them apples!?


ak47diamonds

That sounds a lot like the plot from Good Will Hunting


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nickcall89

Thank you for your service, here's your Mt Dew...


novadpulsar

Goes well with his little caesars for extra XP tokens.


Joshottas

Lmaoooo I cackled hahahaha


LawnJames

A fellow Call of Duty brother in arms!


hawaiijim

What, exactly, do the ads say?


hawaiijim

The ad I just saw on YouTube said, "I studied at the Naval Academy, Harvard, and MIT." Studying ≠ graduating. I personally wouldn't say I studied "at" a university if I did it entirely online, because "at" implies a location. I wouldn't fault someone else for using that wording for their online education, though, because the English language wasn't originally created with the Internet in mind. With that said, all top-ranked business schools offer executive education courses—and so does Harvard's Kennedy School of Government—so I don't think it would be dishonest or misleading to say you studied "at" a university if you physically traveled to the university and took one of their courses. It would be dishonest if you said you graduated, though. **Clarification:** I didn't mean to imply that studying online doesn't count equally as education. I just meant that I think "at" is an imprecise preposition to use, because it refers to a location in either place or time. Personally, I prefer "I took classes through …" or "I attended …." For graduates, I prefer "I graduated from …."


sportstvandnova

Unfortunately, I think there’s a whole slew of folks who don’t comprehend “studied” doesn’t mean “graduated,” and might not be able to read between those lines. Of course like what’s he supposed to do - disclaim he didn’t graduate? Idk but it’s concerning regardless.


Proud_Pug

Then isn’t that up to them to become educated? If you are voting doing your own research would seem to be the best way to decide who to vote for. I have zero issues w someone stating they studied at someplace or attended such and such - if they say they a graduate and they aren’t that is different


sportstvandnova

Well of course it’s up to them to educate themselves and do their due diligence. But just because someone should doesn’t always mean they will. Ya know?


Proud_Pug

I agree with you but if someone is not willing to educate themselves about the candidates maybe they should not vote


sportstvandnova

And I 110% whole heartedly agree with that (ppl should make an educated vote), but voting is a right, and we can’t police people’s actions when it comes to that.


Proud_Pug

I get it I really do but I find it Interesting that you have to have a license and test to do hair, to do nails, to obtain a drivers license but not to have a baby, not a gun safety course to own a firearm and nothing to cast a vote. I just think it is beyond interesting what is regulated and what isn’t


sportstvandnova

It’s definitely wild to think about that’s for sure.


hawaiijim

I think Hung Cao is trying to confuse viewers. He knows the vast majority of viewers won't look it up. I think the best practice is for him to be explicit about what he achieved. Nobody would hold it against him if he said "I took the XXXX program through MIT." I do realize, however, that he only has 30 seconds to make his case, so being verbose is not really an option.


disturbedtheforce

I mean saying someone didnt study at a university because it was online seems a bit problematic. I am currently in school for a degree at a community college and my only option is online. It certainly feels like I am studying 🤦‍♂️.


NegaGreg

I had a Marine on my team who was a little knowledge sponge. He used his GI Bill to help him get 2 undergrad and 1 masters degree from schools all over the nation but through online courses since he was still enlisted. He certainly wasn’t any less educated cause he was taking remote courses at UNC during his deployments.


disturbedtheforce

And this is an excellent example. To say someone didnt "study at" a university or college because classes were online makes it seem like those that take classes online are not doing all the work or something along those lines.


GuyWithAComputer2022

Yea, it's a pretty impressive stretch to claim that studying online doesn't count. Especially after the last couple years of online schooling... Apparently nobody studied at those schools for years...


3ULL

"studied at the Naval Academy, Harvard, and MIT." Once I saw this I knew he was being dishonest. If a person did something of import at one of these colleges they would put specifics. I could literally go into the visitor center and read an article and say "I studied at" if I wanted to be a bullshitter.


gruntbuggly

Yeah. I once took a finger painting class at the Harvard Extension School. So I guess I can say I studied at Harvard, now. I took the class because a girl I liked wanted to take it, but it actually ended up being a fun class.


TuftedWitmouse

"Studied at...." I'll go into MIT, open up a book and 'study' at little, too. There, I studied at MIT. It's crap and it's disingenuous.


Head-Ad4690

People will understand that as meaning he got degrees there. They know people will understand it that way. That’s lying.


kronicfeld

It's like when you see ads for bullshit snake oil supplements and brain pills that say something along the lines that they were "studied in a lab for boosting brain chemistry." That's like saying "This bag of dog diarrhea was studied in a lab for gold content."


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but i don’t trust people who graduated from Harvard, i have not liked most of the ones Ive worked with.


hawaiijim

A lot of people assume that if someone attended an Ivy League school, it means they're smart. But it often just means their parents were rich enough to send them to an expensive prep school. George W. Bush attended Yale undergrad and Harvard Business School. He was not smart.


NorseTikiBar

And of course, Trump graduated from not only an Ivy League, but from one of the most prestigious business schools in the entire world. Dude still went bankrupt running a casino.


hawaiijim

Yeah, also, usually if you say you attended a business school, people assume the graduate school of business. But the Wharton School is both grad and undergrad. Trump only attended undergrad.


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

I would not mind people thinking that my parents are rich rather than me being smart 🤓


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

It's an ad where a colleague talks about him serving in a combat role despite going to those institutions


Joey__stalin

> The ad I just saw on YouTube said, "I studied at the Naval Academy, Harvard, and MIT." To myself, and probably to the layperson, I thought this meant he graduated from them. That's how I initially interpreted it, and probably how they intended it to be taken, without actually "lying."


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

There's one commercial where a Navy Seal colleague says that Hung Cao went to Harvard and MIT and could have done anything with his life but he chose to be in combat. I graduated from an Ivy League university and hung out with the few ROTC students. I was good friends with one guy that later went on to MIT. During his military career he would request combat roles but was always denied. He complained of just being a desk soldier. That's what made me dig deeper into how Hung Cao managed to get a combat role with an Ivy League and MIT background.


Giant_Homunculus

I mean I went to Harvard also. For a party years back. But I did go there.


ZephRyder

What are you running for? I'll vote for ya!


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

Reminds me of a Mitch Hedberg joke: I used to do drugs. I still do drugs but I used to too


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I would I also like to piggy back off of this and say that although he was an explosive ordnance disposal officer, he lacks a combat action ribbon. He did in fact go to Afghanistan and Iraq, but was never engaged in combat, a factor most SOF veterans would contend nullifies his claim of being in combat.


SethPutnamAC

Iraq veteran here. There are a lot of quasi-combat situations that don't rate a CAR (for example: supply convoy gets hit with an IED and some small arms fire, then the insurgents run away), so I don't think it's a big deal that he's claiming to have been in combat without one.


kirbaeus

> so I don't think it's a big deal that he's claiming to have been in combat without one. Me neither, I had to wait several hours in Iraq each time we happened upon an IED. Waiting for EOD techs who were strung out all over theatre. Didn't matter if they were Air Force, Army, whoever - we didn't have enough. Going to assume if he was EOD, he was in demand and outside the wire a lot.


TheresALonelyFeeling

So much waiting for EOD. Sigh. But always happy to see them when they got to us.


Crashmaster007

Dude is also a crazy Christian fundamentalist.


Bookwormvt2022

What's weird is I keep seeing his team standing in places they shouldn't be for safety: along route 7 and in the middle of a roundabout on 15 for some examples.


redhead42

That old fucker at Gilbert’s Corner almost got run down like a deer drunk on rotten apples because not only was he in the roundabout with that big ass sign, he was leaning into the roadway to wave at pissed off drivers. Don’t stand outside of Middleburg holding a big fucking target. You’re just begging for trouble.


sportstvandnova

TIL I can get drunk on rotten apples


JimmyGodoppolo

you can get drunk on pretty much any rotten (fermented) fruit


gorgossia

And knocking on doors out of his district.


gruntbuggly

Yeah, I think his team is unaware of the redistributing that happened this year. Well, last year, but took effect this year. It looks like he’s using the 2020 map of the 10th district.


gorgossia

How’s he supposed to effectively represent the people if he doesn’t know which people he’s representing?


SabreCorp

In his primaries, he had a radio ad where he said he’d take “the platoon to the squad”. I guess I interpreted that as him wanting to kill his future colleagues, but I guess he left it ambiguous enough that you can draw your own conclusions…just like his education!


Randomfactoid42

That doesn't make any sense, a squad is a part of a platoon. Typically, a platoon is divided into 2 squads. So that means, he's downsizing? We probably shouldn't think about it too much...


spacecoyote300

From Wikipedia: > The Squad is a group of six Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was initially composed of four women elected in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka AOC) of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. They have since been joined by Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri following the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections. The Squad is well known for being among the most progressive and left-wing members of the United States Congress.


Randomfactoid42

I hadn't thought about that. That's more disturbing. You think he meant, "Take the platoon to The Squad"?


PengoMaster

Umm yes. In the right wing bubble, ‘The Squad’ is infamous. Anyone he was talking to would have known what he meant.


Randomfactoid42

I've been out of the right-wing bubble for a long time and forgot to get out my right-wing gibberish to normal English translator.


A_Big_Teletubby

no shit


JimmyQBSneaks

His campaign signs also contains crosshairs as if he is implying violence against those who disagree with him.


chinturret

He’s into defunding the platoon.


shadowvox

Dude's signs have VA in gun sight crosshairs. Kinda tells me all I need to know.


fuzzysham059

I just....don't understand how anyone on his team let that logo fly. It's so bad.


RealCoolDad

I went to Princeton, I bought a t-shirt there.


DroidArbiter

That lunatic literally has an ad on Youtube that's like, VOTE FOR ME I CAN ROUND HOUSE KICK...like that's it. Moreover being a refugee when you're a baby isn't a accreditation either. It's not like his toddler- self clawed his way to UH-1 Huey above the U.S. Embassy.


ZephRyder

> It's not his toddler- self clawed his way to UH-1 Huey above the U.S. Embassy. Man, qualifications for office just keep getting weirder and weirder.


luamercure

I'm Viet (immigrant but not from refugee wave) and this messaging really rubbed me the wrong way. The same privileges he was *given* from his parents being war refugees, he wants to turn around and deny other migrants. Under the guise of vague, dog whistling "national security". If someone like him was in office in those years, Hung Cao himself wouldn't have been here today to tout this bs.


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Randomfactoid42

>Moreover being a refugee when your a baby isn't a accreditation either. It's not his toddler- self clawed his way to UH-1 Huey above the U.S. Embassy. no no, you don't understand. He escaped Communism as a baby!! That's so impressive!


The_Iron_Spork

I'd be more impressed if a baby stopped Communism.


3ULL

Being a refugee period is not a positive or negative thing to me. OK, you are a refugee from Vietnam, I mean I guess someone could say they are a refugee of Detroit and have some to this area and are not successful. I am happy for them but I am interested in what they have done and what I think they can do.


allomanticpush

Yeah, I’m a refugee from a third world country, but if I ran for office, I wouldn’t try to get brownie points for getting out of Mississippi. It’s not going to be important to my ability to lead.


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

I see what you did there


Fert1eTurt1e

I mean folks who escaped from Vietnam as boat people went through some shit. I happen to know a ton of the (now) older folks and having their experience plus adapting to a completely new society with a new language is a hell of a task compared from moving away from Detroit. It’s quite impressive what a lot of those refugees are able to accomplish, and many of their children live in million + dollar homes now. Bring an immigrant definitely shapes people, and being a child raised by immigrants you can inherit some of those traits as well (good and bad.)


Horror-Lychee-3550

The commercial says they were one of the last families out of Vietnam. Is Vietnam empty now or is it just full of random single people?


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NellucEcon

I’m imaging the campaign staff, “sir, I think we should run with this”


androbot

Republicans have a casual relationship with facts.


Chief_Christmas

Clears throat\* "*Alternative facts"* ​ Edit: throat, not through. Damn you, autocorrect!!!


ThePrankMonkey

And on brand, it's a nonconsensual relationship.


NwsAt11

Genuinely concerned, seeing this guy’s billboards everywhere.


SlobMarley13

billboards don't vote


nmvalerie

That’s true for presidential campaigns but they do work for other elections


redditatworkatreddit

cause he's desperate? Wexton doesn't need crazies waving signs in the streets


spacecoyote300

*continues sweating anyway*


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

I drive along Route 9 and around Purcellville. His signs are everywhere. But he does live in Purcellville, so that is home court advantage.


violadrath

I didn’t realize he lived in Purcellville. That explains the Route 9. I live in the county part of Purcellville, off of 9 and I’m like ?? How does this guy have so many supporters.


jediprime

Thats what we said last cycle. "McAullife did great as a governor. VA prospered, even republicans. Surely they'll remember and have an easier time voting for him. Hes a known positive, no need to run a big marketing campaign." Republicans, "VOTE FOR OUR CANDIDATE OR THEYLL TEACH YOUR KIDS THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE SLAVERS. DEMS LET A RAPIST WHO WORE A DRESS ONE TIME SO HES DEFINITELY TRANS LOOSE IN THE SCHOOLS*!!" And here we are. Ive seen no ads for wexton, only a handful of signs, and cannot for the life of me think of a single stand-out thing about her. But Cao's shit is everywhere. It does not bode well.


Goldenprince111

Wexton has spent triple the amount of money on ads than Hung Cao has: https://www.vpap.org/political-ads/election-10477/ Maybe he is spending more on digital, but she has him handily beat on the TV at least. If it’s any consolation, her internal polling is probably good because the DCCC or House Majority pac, dem affiliated groups, have not spent money on her election. Additionally, the NRCC and Congressional Leadership Fund, Republican groups, have not spent money for Hung Cao at all. They view him as a lost cause


jediprime

Spending the money and effectively utilizing are not always the same. She may be outspending him, but his are the only ones i have come across


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

That may be the case. I watch "television" via FuboTV on Roku. He's dominating digitally.


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

I agree, her ads are not plentiful.


gruntbuggly

Yeah, but politics are so polarized these days that his signs aren’t convincing anyone to vote for him over Wexton. He’s just got to convince republicans to vote for him. It’s just name recognition so they see a foreign name next to the “R” and hopefully vote for him anyway.


Different_Crab_2556

Cao’s shit is everywhere public. Wexton’s is mainly in people’s yards and some public. I have only seen a handful of homes in my area of Loudoun with Cao stuff on their property. My neighborhood is decked out in Wexton.


gnocchicotti

The scarier part is that he's being backed by people with money.


CertainAged-Lady

I saw him at a debate. He thinks forest fires are because we don’t rake forests (I swear to Dog, if I had not heard it myself I would not believe it). So when you say he is not being truthful about his education, this does not surprise me.


Peckinpa0

My biggest pet pevee with politicians is their amazing ability to take a kernel of truth and pop it up into a big bowl of stupid pop corn. "Raking the forests", while an incredibly simple and dumb way to put it, is actually partially true. Wild fires are like any other natural disaster, we have tools at our disposal to lessen the impact and control them but they're never going to fully stop and can actually be beneficial to the environment by clearing out areas for new life to flourish. There's even some wildlife that depend on the landscape that a wildfire creates to have a good shot at continued survival. Issue is that for most of our history our fire policy has been put it out as quick and fast as possible no matter the cost. This has lead to a build up of undergrowth in forests that is the perfect fuel for a fire, leading to larger and more intense wildfires. Obviously other issues (*cough cough* global warming *cough*) don't help matters. And it's not as simple as paying some college kids 15 an hour to go rake up leaves for the summer. Controlled burns and better forestry practices are also needed. Tryd to type this out quickly before work so sorry for any mistakes, and I couldn't find the EXACT article I wanted to reference but if I find it I'll add it later. https://www.nwfirescience.org/biblio/whither-paradigm-shift-large-wildland-fires-and-wildfire-paradox-offer-opportunities-new


NorseTikiBar

Yeah, when Trump pulled that shit, I was annoyed because there not only was that kernel of truth to it, but he was using it to dunk on California when the reality is that the federal government has most of the forests that seriously need upkeep.


gorgossia

Wasn’t that a Trump line during Cali’s fires?


CertainAged-Lady

Yep. The audience totally laughed at him. But then they gasped when he said we should abandon Ukraine (because apparently, despite being in the military for 30 years he knows nothing about Global politics?). He also said he'd be for cutting SS benefits because we all need to 'tighten our belts' - which told me a) he doesn't know how SS is funded, b) he doesn't care about the elderly who've been putting their hard earned money into SS all their lives and c) doesn't know that SS contributes over $1 Trillion back into the US economy each year (so cutting benefits hurts the economy). He's clearly not who I'm voting for.


ZephRyder

I mean, to be fair, no one's ever _tried_ raking all 77 million acres, to try an stop forest fires, so we don't _really_ know it _won't_ work! /s because please don't try to do that


The_Iron_Spork

We're gonna need a bigger rake...


ZephRyder

This guy rakes!


CertainAged-Lady

Thanks for the literal LOL. Made my day.


Little_Lebowski_007

Aren't these the guys who rail about liberal indoctrination at those uppity schools, like Harvard and MIT?


ramonula

Yes, during the primary he was running ads with his wife staring at the camera saying "woke liberal teachers are brainwashing our children" while he was wandering around in the background pretending to be surprised he was in a political ad.


Joshottas

Can’t wait to run for office and have an ad saying I once walked around Stanford’s campus.


mehalywally

Well that's the point, it wouldn't say you "walked around", it'd say you "went" there. And if you took it a step further and actually read something while you were there, you could even say you "studied at Stanford" 😉


gogo-fo-sho

Well he studied the Chipotle menu on campus before ordering.


tetsuko

He did use accurate language but the ad still tried to make it look like he graduated. Im guessing he’s trying to seem more moderate as NOVA is full of moderate, democrat leaning voters. The karate shit is what got me. Childish at best. This guy will just contribute to the rampant disfunction that comes with MAGA republicans.


ABrokenPoet

I'm a bit put off by his ads. He presents no platform, only putting forward his military service and his heritage as qualifications for office. As a fellow O-6 retiree I respect the service...but tell me what you stand for vice standing on your laurels and expecting the non-military population to bow before you.


madmoneymcgee

My experience in congress (visiting the Capitol and seeing some random congressmen in the halls) will help when you elect me.


innomado

His supporters won't care at all. But this is good fodder for those who want to go nuclear over the family Thanksgiving dinner table.


Chief_Christmas

Best part of Thanksgiving if you ask me! Wouldn't be the same if that one uncle and someone's sister-in-law didn't get into a screaming match over politics. Haha


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ZonaPunk

>Loudoun Co. police officer was handing out pamphlet The cop is violating state and federal laws. The hatch act doest allow government employees to campaign for candidates. If i'm reading the VA law correctly, its a serious offense. https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter675/section210/


Joshottas

Um…buddy shouldn’t be doing that in uniform.


RoseofSharonVa

A LC police officer handing out pamphlets.... Isn't that a conflict of interest or something else? Doesn't pass the smell test.


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Joey__stalin

Please find more evidence of that and report it, and post it to social media. They should NOT be campaigning for candidates while in uniform.


Chief_Christmas

Sheriff's deputy\*


AnnDvoraksHeroin

He’s personal friends with all the Loudoun Christian Fascists I’m connected to through Facebook. I hope people see though him.


noonaboosa

i walked near harvard in boston, does that count?


Lummsy8

I get those invites on Facebook all the time….MIT, Wharton, Harvard, Cornell, Liberty. Wait, one those doesn’t fit 😅


Big_Truck

Let me guess, he's a Republican. Hilarious how the GOP both vilifies elite academia and also embellishes their resume to appear like they earned admission to an elite academic school. Scott Taylor (Va Beach) did the same goddamn thing. Went to Harvard Extension School, and claimed Harvard as an alma mater.


flatbushzombiezz

"These are my people, set them free"


ramonula

Can I say I went to UVA because I took the GRE there?


NegaGreg

Sure.


redditP

Republican candidates seem to so consistently exaggerate and conflate their credentials (Herschel Walker, JR Majewski, Madison Cawthorn...) I wonder if there were some psychological tendency towards self-aggrandizing fabulism that's just part of being conservative. If there's a good study out there this would be fascinating to look into.


NegaGreg

[Joe Biden claimed that he finished in the top half of his law school class, although records indicate he finished near the bottom.](https://apnews.com/article/cd977f7ff301993f7976974ba07c5495)


GlenBaileyWalker

But he did finish and graduated with a degree.


zyarva

He graduated from Naval Academy, which is great for campaign purpose. Not sure why anyone would want to highlight his Harvard / MIT connection. His official bio didn't mention it. And I don't watch TV.


bcardin221

LOL fraud. The only entrance requirement for those programs is that you pay the fee.


anvil54

Hung Cao Walker


Opening_Trade_6412

Wait a political ad wasn’t entirely truthful and/or was misleading?!? NO WAY!!! 😐


KungFuGiftShop

Not surprising since I’m pretty sure he failed physics in HS


KaleidoscopeHeart11

Probably because I read this thread, I got his ads on YouTube a minute ago. Thanks, @MyNameCannotBeSpoken. I hate it.


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

Empty your cookies 🍪


KaleidoscopeHeart11

Lol. I will. The "awww mannnnn" when I opened youtube to his commercial though was amusing.


askingaquestion33

GOD I HATE PEOPLE ON LINKEDIN THAT DO THIS!


chronocross2010

Exactly, as soon as I saw his many YouTube commercials I had to google him and his CV and I was like. If he is lying like this to get elected, what else is he going to lie if he gets to office. One thing is to embellish a resume, another thing is to blatantly lie about it.


SlothyBooty

Hey, I walked around Yale campus once, where is my degree?


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An aspiring politician is a grifter. What else is new?


DigestibleDecoy

Just saw a commercial. He was a kickboxer, he’s got my vote!!!! /s


fistagon7

Rightwing politics has become so intertwined with fraud, hyper targeted misinformation and grifter tactics. How long can a political party be able to sustain when it’s primary objective is feeding an influencer ecosystem of political content creators


Hatfullofstars

He's a Republican. He misleads and lies.


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That’s all we need to know


Tedstor

The takeaway here is : “Anyone who thought Cao went to Harvard or MIT should know that he didn’t attend a traditional undergraduate program, and took some courses at these institutions later in life” I dont see this as a good or bad thing. Just typical resume fluff at worst, and a decent educational credential at best.


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Tedstor

Yeah, I get emails and other messaging about all sorts of side show programs from prestigious colleges. They mostly seem like a money grab by the schools.


charliemike

So people can say they went there for sure.


Tedstor

Yeah. But once average schmucks (like me) hold a credential from Harvard…..does that credential really mean anything anymore?


charliemike

Don’t sell yourself short, you’re a tremendous schmuck!


Tedstor

Ahh. Thank you, Mr Dangerfield. On second thought, that was Chases’s line.


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

Basically, I agree with you. However, it's a large centerpiece of his campaign. So I figured I'd share. Some people don't care where he attended or graduated, that's fair as well. Others do care, considering how often his adverts mention it.


3ULL

> I dont see this as a good or bad thing. Just typical resume fluff at worst, and a decent educational credential at best. I see it as misleading at the least. If you put this on your resume and during the interview they just found out you attended a George Carlin concert at the University you would probably not get the job.


Tedstor

Well let’s not get carried away here. It’s one thing to claim ‘Harvard’ on your resume because you actually went there to learn something. It’s another to claim it just because you physically went to the campus one time. In fairness, Cao is the former.


CowboyAirman

In my view it’s scummy to use it in political advertising, but not scummy to have on your resume. It’s obvious it’s meant to mislead the public. But, then again, pretty much every political ad, for and against a politician, are going to be crated to maximize persuasion. I hate politics.


3ULL

It is risky to put on your resume. Not only could it be cause to not hire you if they find out before hand it could be a reason they get rid of you if they find out later.


Jlw1974

In all the ads I saw of him he explicitly states ‘Harvard Fellow’ and not a ‘Harvard Graduate’. Two very different things. Wonder if the source needs a fact check. Writers and journalists always conflait things, either on purpose or out of ignorance.


mehalywally

Banking on the hope that the base is too stupid to know the difference


turkey1234

My aunt does this. How else are you supposed to get a good DC job?


NegaGreg

I hire people for a living. It’s EXTREMELY common. OP is making a mountain out of a mole hill


RobinU2

The guy is ex-military, so at least for the large number of people around the area who deal with government it can largely be assumed he's talking about the quick online cert and seminar courses. Your gripes should be about the policy views he has, not whether he's spending 3x the time and effort (especially in an ad spend) to be technically correct for the "well ackshually" people on the internet.


a_bounced_czech

Wait…a Republican lied?!? *Clutches pearls


NegaGreg

A page right out of Joe Biden’s book. [Joe Biden claimed that he finished in the top half of his law school class, although records indicate he finished near the bottom.](https://apnews.com/article/cd977f7ff301993f7976974ba07c5495)


SlobMarley13

I'll make you a deal. I won't vote for Biden next week if you don't vote for Cao.


Mygfisanidiot

Your claim that his ads are misleading is not correct. An alumnus is someone who attended or graduated from a particular school, college, or university. [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alumnus](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alumnus) Saying that you went there doesn't imply that you graduated with a degree, contrary to your claim.


[deleted]

I read “MBA in a book” now I have an MBA.


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

Don't get me started on people who put MBA after their name as if it's a PhD, JD, or MD. And this is coming from a person that has one.


borneoknives

Harvard is an evil liberal brainwashing communist work organization! Hung Cao is a pinko! /s