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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is the Mother Theresa of George Santoses [1]

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Date: 2023-07-04

Andy Ogles (TN) claims to have done graduate work at Vanderbilt & Dartmouth universities, claims to be an economist, a former law enforcement officer & an international sex crimes expert. These are all lies. But he thinks POTUS Biden should be impeached, because… reasons.

(March) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles faces a demand for him to resign following an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation.

That demand for Ogles' resignation comes in the form of full-page newspaper ads that call the Maury County Republican a "national embarrassment."

The ads were purchased by Bobby Joslin, a well-known Nashville civic leader with deep Republican ties, who says that — just two months into Ogles' term in Congress — it's time for him to go.

"I don't think the guy has a conscience," Joslin told NewsChannel 5 Investigates.

"I think he makes George Santos look like Mother Teresa."

www.newschannel5.com/…

House Republicans keep running into the problem of embellished resumes and—oddly—sketchy GoFundMe fundraisers.

In his first meeting on the House Financial Services Committee, Ogles prefaced one question to a group of expert witnesses, referring to himself, "you know, as an economist..."

Yet, like some of the questions surrounding his controversial colleague, New York Congressman George Santos, there's little evidence that Ogles ever received any formal training in economics.

So why would Congressman Ogles not want Tennessee voters to be able to verify that he is who he claims to be?

"I would think that if he has a block that there must be something wrong," said state Sen. Heidi Campbell, a Nashville Democrat who lost to Ogles in a campaign in a district that Republicans redrew to help their own candidate.

NewsChannel 5 Investigates checked and, back in 2002, Ogles' website claimed he had "studied foreign policy and the constitution" at Western Kentucky University and Middle Tennessee State.

There was no mention of economics.

Western Kentucky says when he was there from fall of 1990 to fall of 1993, Ogles actually majored in English and Allied Language Arts.

In response to NewsChannel 5's questions, Ogles released an image of a diploma for a bachelor of science degree from Middle Tennessee State in 2007, when he was 36. But what we discovered next surprised the candidate Ogles defeated. It was a résumé from 2009 — two years after he graduated from MTSU — where he listed a degree in international relations, with minors in psychology and English. And likewise, he detailed the same information on a form for a background check — in his own writing — with no mention of economics. "I mean, that looks to me like somebody who doesn't have any background in economics," Campbell said. www.newschannel5.com/...

x Newly elected TN Rep. Andy Ogles (R) allegedly invented his entire past and resume.



He allegedly lied about:



1. His profession

2. His major

3. His work at a think tank

4. Being in law enforcement

5. Being a sex-trafficking expert

6. Being a COOhttps://t.co/iPeM3u3oba — The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) July 4, 2023

Andy Ogles is a Middle Tennessee native with deep roots dating back to the founding of our state. After graduating from Franklin High School, he married his high school sweetheart, Monica. They currently live on a small farm south of Columbia with their three children, Adley, Drew, and Isaac.

Andy obtained his degree from MTSU. He’s had a successful career as an entrepreneur owning and operating restaurants and a real estate investment business. Feeling the call to serve his community, Andy became the COO of Abolition International, overseeing operations and investments in several countries to fight human trafficking.

In 2013, he began his time with Americans for Prosperity (AFP), where he worked on economic, tax, and healthcare policy. During this time, Congressman Ogles authored and contributed to publications regarding Obamacare and tax policies, especially the impacts on the State of Tennessee. After Americans for Prosperity, Congressman Ogles began working with at the Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics. He served as the Executive Director, overseeing the center's efforts to preserve and promote core tenets of supply-side economics by expanding the organization's exposure throughout the state. Additionally, Congressman Ogles assisted in a major project to restructure Tennessee's burdensome tax code.

Since 2018, he served as Mayor of Maury County, Tennessee, and was recognized as Tennessee’s most conservative mayor.

ogles.house.gov/...

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