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Groupon Dumps Trump

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 29, 2011 1:00PM

2010_5_groupon_logo.jpg Groupon, reacting to pressure, has decided to pull advertising from the website of The Apprentice, the reality show hosted by Fake Presidential candidate, Queens-born casino operator and real estate mogul Donald Trump. Trump has been reaping the whirlwind since taking credit for President Obama releasing his birth certificate two days ago. Trump has since opened a new line of attack on the President, questioning if Obama has the goods to be an Ivy League student, a move that CBS' Bob Schieffer said was "code for saying he got into law school because he's black. This is an ugly strain of racism that's running through this whole thing."

Trump bristled at the notion that he was a racist and refuted Schieffer's remarks. Trump was the subject of a racial-based housing discrimination lawsuit in the 1970s and recently told the press, "I've always had a great relationship with the blacks."