Democrat Lauren Underwood, 32, Running For Congress In The Far Western Suburbs Of Chicago, Has Exaggerated Her Nursing Career, Pretending She Worked As A Nurse When She Has Never Done So, A Local Newspaper Reported Friday.
The Kane County Reporter dug into Underwood’s claims and found that while she had studied nursing and was a registered to practice nursing, “she never has, in Illinois, nor anywhere else.”
Instead, when she completed her education, Underwood worked for the Obama administration on Obamacare’s rollout — a project that was a disaster when it launched in 2013. (She now admits it was “not perfect.”)
Underwood presented herself as a nurse in her campaign advertising — and the media largely swallowed the story.
A report by ABC News on Oct. 26 presented her as “a nurse who worked on the Affordable Care Act.” Time magazine reported on Friday: “Lauren Underwood’s Unlikely Congressional Bid Is All About Health Care.”- READ MORE