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2024-11-14 10:35:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B9244DF3CD36EC7025E43E5B65B4C47AF64C36F8A1079E68796A60FB2E2FD0B4
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Marcus Lemonis was misquoted. In a 2017 interview he was referring to Trump supporters who may have supported Donald Trump’s response to the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He later apologized: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/31/fact-check-camping-world-ceo-misquoted-viral-meme/5660368002/ https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/16/marcus-lemonis-if-youre-ok-with-what-trump-said-dont-shop-at-my-business.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/25/camping-world-ceo-lemonis-apologizes-for-charlottesville-remarks.html
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