Ryan Zinke is pretending to be a geologist

The following article by A.P. Joyce was posted on the mic.com website April 20, 2018:

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

It’s been discovered that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke lied about his credentials on multiple occasions, telling people that he is a geologist, when in fact his is not and has never been.

An analysis by CNN found at least 40 occasions in which Zinke claimed to be a geologist, frequently using it to boost his credentials on issues like resource extraction, which his department deals with frequently.

While attending the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, Zinke majored in geology — a major he claims in his autobiography to have chosen at random. Continue reading “Ryan Zinke is pretending to be a geologist”