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Wharton students pen open letter to alum Donald Trump:
nydailynews.com ^ | 7/9/2016 | laura bult

Posted on 07/10/2016 11:28:43 AM PDT by rktman

Donald Trump has a habit of boasting about his prestigious pedigree as a graduate of Wharton School of Finance.

It turns out the feelings aren’t mutual.

Current and former students of the elite University of Pennsylvania business school have penned an open letter that sends a loud message to the presumptive GOP nominee: “You do not represent us.”

The scathing letter, published Friday on Medium, has been signed by over 600 people who want to distance themselves from the billionaire buffoon, who frequently flaunts about his Wharton roots to boost his credentials.

“We, proud students, alumni, and faculty of Wharton, are outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to legitimize prejudice and intolerance,” the letter reads.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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Looks like wharton has drastically reduced it's entrance requirements. Oh, and by the way..........You're fired.
1 posted on 07/10/2016 11:28:43 AM PDT by rktman
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The scathing letter, published Friday on Medium, has been signed by over 600 people who want to distance themselves from the billionaire buffoon, who frequently flaunts about his Wharton roots to boost his credentials.

600 more people just outed themselves as mouth-breathing morons?

2 posted on 07/10/2016 11:29:45 AM PDT by kiryandil (Hillary Clinton is not sophisticated enough to understand the Bill of Rights, either.)
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“billionaire buffoon” Classy.


3 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:00 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
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Wif dugreez from warton in the fusure. You’re still fired.


4 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:13 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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The author of the article makes no attempt to hide its outrageous bias.


5 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“We, proud students, alumni, and faculty of Wharton, are outraged that an affiliation with our school is being used to legitimize prejudice and intolerance,” the letter reads.

legitimize prejudice and intolerance ?

Typical snowflakes that need to go to their safe space...

6 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:33 AM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone.)
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600 snowflakes are upset. Off to your safe spaces all.


7 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:34 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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They are scares $hitless of this guy !


8 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:43 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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THEY’RE MELTING.............OH THE YUGE MANATEE.............


9 posted on 07/10/2016 11:32:28 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Sounds like the snowflakes are upset over Trump endangering their chances for a Socialist, Everything’s Free, Utopia.


10 posted on 07/10/2016 11:32:33 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Founding Documents Great Again!)
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Good Gawd! These people can’t grow up either?


11 posted on 07/10/2016 11:33:32 AM PDT by Bullish (Blame others for your failures? Take credits where none are do? Who made you Pharaoh?)
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“who frequently flaunts about his Wharton roots to boost his credentials.”

Pshaw. He gets to


12 posted on 07/10/2016 11:34:43 AM PDT by stanne
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Extremely poor form.


13 posted on 07/10/2016 11:35:04 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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“billionaire buffoon”

Objective journalism at its best.


14 posted on 07/10/2016 11:35:13 AM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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Upping their job prospects. This sounds like the interns who petitioned for a more lax dress code.


15 posted on 07/10/2016 11:35:46 AM PDT by glorgau
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Or facing reality they will not get a job unless towing the line.


16 posted on 07/10/2016 11:37:19 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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Who cares what a bunch spoiled, inexperienced, sheltered, talentless, self-loading, idiotic snowflakes think?

Not I.


17 posted on 07/10/2016 11:37:32 AM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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Good. I wouldn’t want someone that represents most those silver spoon fed elitists. They have a distorted view of reality.


18 posted on 07/10/2016 11:37:45 AM PDT by boycott (--s)
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600 out of how many total students?


19 posted on 07/10/2016 11:38:02 AM PDT by entropy12
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Hmmm....A billionaire who graduated from a school if finance.

Someones should just up and try to learn from his “miss takes”.


20 posted on 07/10/2016 11:38:34 AM PDT by disndat
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