Toledo Blade Editorial Board Slams ​​Bernie Moreno For Lying About Getting Rid of Confucius Institute

Toledo Blade Editorial Board Slams ​​Bernie Moreno For Lying About Getting Rid of Confucius Institute

April 18, 2024

The Toledo Blade Editorial Board: "Mr. Moreno Boasted That As The Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees At Cleveland State University, He Drove The Confucius Institute Off The Campus… That's, Um, Not A True Statement."

Columbus, OH - The Toledo Blade Editorial Board today slammed Bernie Moreno for "stretching the truth" and lying about getting rid of Cleveland State's Confucius Institute. Moreno has already been called out for a series of "dubious claims" and "inconsistencies" that are "dogg[ing]" his campaign, including lying about selling Chinese-made cars, lying about "escap[ing]" socialism, and lying about his business origin story.

The Toledo Blade: Moreno misstatements
The Toledo Blade Editorial Board
April 18, 2024

• Republicans and the rest of Ohio voters are now learning to their chagrin whom the GOP has nominated to be its Republican candidate.

• Mr. Moreno boasted that as the chairman of the board of trustees at Cleveland State University, he drove the Confucius Institute off the campus.

• "I chaired the board of trustees at Cleveland State University, and I'm very proud of the fact that when I was there, we got rid of our Confucius Institute," Mr. Moreno said during a campaign event in March, 2023, the Columbus Dispatch recently reported. "We made certain that we focused everybody on student achievement, and we respected free speech on campus."

• That's, um, not a true statement. Mr. Moreno's term on the board of trustees ended three years before the Confucius Institute was banned from Cleveland State's campus.

• Not only that, Mr. Moreno held leadership positions on the board of trustees when the trustees approved university budgets that funded the program.

• He was vice chairman of the board when trustees passed a 2017 budget that gave roughly $38,000 to the institute.

• The Dispatch's conclusion: "Taken together, Moreno's claims appear to overstate his involvement in the institute's closure."

SEE ALSO: Ohio Workers Slam Moreno For Killing Ohio Jobs After Reporting Revealed He Lied About Selling Chinese-Made Cars; Four Weeks Since #OHSEN Primary, Four Questions Moreno Must Answer About His "Dubious Claims"; What Ohioans Are Reading About The "String Of Inconsistencies" "Dogging" Bernie Moreno; Bernie Moreno Again Caught Lying, This Time About Selling Chinese-Made Buick Envision; Bernie Moreno's Campaign Totally Eclipsed By Lies; NEW: Moreno Lying About Getting Rid of Confucius Institute

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