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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoebert paid someone to take her GED "after she failed it for the second time."
Boebert sounds like TFG who had to pay someone to take his SATS
Link to tweet
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)If there isnt any actual evidence, this is useless information.
Enter stage left
(3,395 posts)but I'd love to see her try to color inside the lines in a 2nd grade test.
LeftInTX
(25,258 posts)She appears to be of average intelligence.
Her morals and motives are questionable, but that's a different issue.
orleans
(34,050 posts)she studied for the ged, or even brushed up on what she was going to be tested for
btw--i consider her to be below average intelligence
Irish_Dem
(46,924 posts)The story certainly fits her profile.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)However, totally checks out if true. I am often amazed at the stupid stuff that comes from her. I am certain its not just a front either. She truly is as shallow and dense as she presents.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)This is like "a guy on the street told my cousin's brother-in-law" type of reporting that is similar to RW "people are saying" stories.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or the Michelle Obama honky tape.
0rganism
(23,944 posts)how many times have the GQP pulled baseless shit out of their asses to hurl at our representatives? I don't see them get all worked up over standards of evidence and such, because what they do works for them.
If it's not the case, Rep. Boebert has the same recourse to slander-prevention as any other public figure: show that the allegation is false and prove it's distributed maliciously rather than in error.
> this is useless information.
not at all. It looks to me like a non-fantastical unexceptional allegation that may hurt her in her re-election bid next year. Not all useful information comes with direct proof.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)Poiuyt
(18,122 posts)A film maker who knows someone who has a friend who said Boebert told him...
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)GED isn't exactly Advanced courses.
Maybe about 8th grade or even 6th.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,491 posts)Its too bad there doesnt seem to be any way to do that from whats been reported. Its just a rumor at this stage.
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dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Moebym
(989 posts)Paying someone to take the test is quite another. It's Trumpesque.
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)orleans
(34,050 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)want to elect someone that's just like them. They don't want to vote for someone smarter or better educated. Same dumbassery that got chimpy within stealing distance of the White House.
That's my theory.
Demobrat
(8,970 posts)Demobrat
(8,970 posts)They voted for her because shes one of them.
Republicans dont like educated people. Educated people make them feel like they might not be superior after all.
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)Jimmy Carter was a nuclear physicist, Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar, Barack Obama was a Constitutional scholar and Joe Biden not only had a law degree, but he'd served 30 years in the Senate and 8 years in the Executive Branch, has to be our most experienced POTUS ever. Sounds like Democrats prefer leaders who are likely smarter than they are - which makes perfect sense to me!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)that tested her needs to investigate, and rescind it if there is evidence of fraud.
Otherwise, it's just a rumor.
hatrack
(59,584 posts)Needs confirmation.
Bettie
(16,091 posts)but it doesn't seem out of the ballpark for this trash person.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,591 posts)Hugin
(33,130 posts)The GED covers: Science, Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies. None of which is even remotely in BD Boebert's ballpark.
There's only one way to find out...
Challenge her to take it again.
https://ged.com/study/free_online_ged_test/
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)amongst the American Taliban. This, even if true will make no difference to Ms. Bobbleberts cult.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Chump earned his own high school diploma at least, as far as we know. Whatever SAT scores or college grades he might have earned honestly, well ... that's a matter for debate.
dsc
(52,155 posts)it has been revamped in the past few years and made considerably harder. That said, this is hearsay so kind of worthless.
Hassler
(3,376 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)Louie actually was a judge for a while
Hassler
(3,376 posts).
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)Texasgal
(17,045 posts)I mean really? I guess any dumbass can run and serve?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,174 posts)Of course, her problem might have been math.
LiberalFighter
(50,892 posts)16 years after she should have graduated.