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Originally Posted by bobabode

This is your candidate Republicans and Trumpists.

"Before he became the king of Atlantic City casinos, before he put his name on steaks or starred on reality television, Donald Trump served his own apprenticeship in the less glamorous family business of renting apartments.

Trump, in his autobiography, recalled learning valuable lessons from his father, Fred: Hunt for bargains. Chase out deadbeats. Spend some money on paint and polish.

Some alleged there was another part to the Trump formula: Make it tough for black people to move in.

In two court cases, built on evidence gathered from frustrated black apartment-seekers, housing activists and former employees, Fred, and, in a later case, Donald Trump faced accusations of systematic discrimination against African Americans, cases that the Trumps ultimately settled without admitting any wrongdoing." LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...nap-story.html

Woody Guthrie was a tenant in one of Fred Trump's apartment buildings, Beach Haven. This is what he had to say about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwEIuTFBgA