Rudy Giuliani, Michael Flynn Stripped of Honorary Degrees From University of Rhode Island

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Source: Newsweek

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn had their honorary degrees from the University of Rhode Island (URI) revoked on Friday.

In a press release, the university stated that its board of trustees had voted to strip the two men of their degrees. The board's decision came following a recommendation from the university's president and its honorary degree committee to take the honors back.

"After reviewing the recommendation from the President, who endorsed the committee's recommendation, the Board voted to approve the revocation of these honorary degrees," URI Board of Trustees chair Margo Cook said in the press release. "The Board of Trustees supports the University and its mission to uphold its values, especially its commitment to intellectual and ethical leadership and fostering an environment of diversity and respect."

URI President Mark Parlange stated that he had made the recommendation after agreeing that Giuliani and Flynn "no longer represent the highest level of our values and standards that were evident when we first bestowed the degree."

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[Deuxcents]

1. A good start..

[Sherman A1]

15. +1

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Something is shifting soon. More & more people see how fascist the coup plotters are and how toxic

Now that the case against tRump becomes more winnable in courts of law, he and his cronies are becoming more and more shunned.

It feels like a tide has turned and they will be swept up.

[Gore1FL]

18. I feel like that, too.

With the recent revelations and indictments, the mood has seemed to change.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. When Ghouliani croaks, I don't want to hear any shit about "America's Mayor", but we will. . . nt

[myohmy2]

4. fantastic...

...now they're just like me...

...I don't have an honorary degree from the University of Rhode Island either...

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[TlalocW]

5. Man...

That got them unlimited refills of soda in the student union.

TlalocW

[Joinfortmill]

6. I hope they'll be strp searched soon.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Ew, that would be an awful job...

strip searching Rudy.

[Rebl2]

7. What took

so long

[Kaleva]

8. They still have their honorary degrees from TFG U

[DENVERPOPS]

10. If they are stripped of the actual document

they would just print up new ones and have them framed for their walls.
No different than their leader, who photo shopped and printed a copy of Newsweek's? cover with him pictured as man of the year that hung on the walls of Trump properties.......

[niyad]

23. TIME, not newsweek.

[DENVERPOPS]

24. Thank you niyad

I'm getting really old and named the wrong magazine, thank you for correcting me!

[niyad]

25. "As TIME Goes "Bye"" by Sandy and Richard Riccardi is one of my favourite

parody songs, so it is rather stuck in my brain.

[DENVERPOPS]

26. LOL NIYAD nc

[Evolve Dammit]

11. strip them from their freedom through incarceration

[twodogsbarking]

12. Rudy was just tucking in his

[Hekate]

13. Good move

[Grokenstein]

14. Oh no, now all the trumpniks

are going to boycott URI!

[Red Pest]

16. Finally!

It took the new URI President to move forward with this. The previous president refused to move on this even though the faculty wanted it done.

[Paladin]

17. Well done, URI.

I hope this is the start of a trend against over-decorated trump scum.

[JohnnyRingo]

19. They mean just recently?

News travels slowly in RI, I guess.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[NCjack]

21. Oh, no! They worked their butts off for their degrees. URI can't just take them back

[Blue Owl]

22. Now they're Magna Cum Fraud