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trueblue2007

(17,217 posts)
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 05:50 PM Jan 2021

2 private institutions revoked Trump's honorary degree following the Capitol siege


Two private institutions revoked Trump's honorary degree following the Capitol siege
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** Lehigh University and Wagner College both announced on Friday that they would revoke President Donald Trump's honorary degrees.
** Trump received the honorary degree from Lehigh in 1988 after speaking at the institution's commencement ceremony. He received a degree from Wagner in 2004.
** Both Lehigh and Wagner cited the violence that rose out of the attempted coup at the US Capitol on Wednesday as reasons for revocation.
Two educational institutions announced that they are revoking their honorary degrees given to President Donald Trump in light of the riots at the Capitol building on Wednesday.

Board of trustees "voted to rescind and revoke the honorary degree granted to Donald J. Trump in 1988," a statement from the Lehigh University account on Twitter reads.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-private-institutions-revoked-trumps-honorary-degree-following-the-capitol-siege/ar-BB1cC4EJ?ocid=st
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2 private institutions revoked Trump's honorary degree following the Capitol siege (Original Post) trueblue2007 Jan 2021 OP
I wonder how much of other people's money marybourg Jan 2021 #1
ALL colleges, companies and ALL institutions needs to pull Trump honorary awards trueblue2007 Jan 2021 #2
Probably too late. halfulglas Jan 2021 #3
Liberty University the lone holdout after every other college strips Trump of honorary degrees Gothmog Jan 2021 #4
Awe, I rushed into this thread hoping to read... Hugin Jan 2021 #5
It's so bad for him that Trump University will revoke his degree next. TeamPooka Jan 2021 #6

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
3. Probably too late.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 06:17 PM
Jan 2021

He probably doesn't care. As long as he has the framed diplomas, he will continue to display them along with his fake magazine covers.

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