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global1

(25,271 posts)
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 01:05 AM Feb 20

Is Kevin O'Leary From Shark Tank A Tr**per/MAGA?......

I heard he's not going to do business in NY going forward because of the decision and penalties against Tr**p.

Did I also hear that Tr**p is celebrating O'Leary's decision and support on this?

Does anyone know anything about this?

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Eugene

(61,953 posts)
2. Grifters of a feather flock together.
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 01:14 AM
Feb 20

Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary has amassed quick a checkered history,
including shady accounting at The Learning Company and
his most recent entanglement with FTX.

Oneironaut

(5,524 posts)
3. O'Leary and his wife killed two people and maimed 3 others.
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 01:18 AM
Feb 20

They drove a boat drunk, and, used their privilege to get off. They’re massive pieces of shit.

Jacson6

(353 posts)
14. The other larger boat was riding in the dark with no navigation lights on.
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:50 AM
Feb 20

Linda O'Leary the boat driver was found not guilty in a Canada court of law. We should always be fair in our descriptions of an accident.

LudwigPastorius

(9,178 posts)
4. I don't know if he's a Trump Republican or just an old-school Greedhead Republican.
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 01:22 AM
Feb 20

I don't really watch the show, but I did catch part of one episode in passing in which he berated a woman with a startup business. She was selling stuffed animals that sang cute songs that were customized to each individual child.

When the panel began questioning her about her business model, she told them that she wasn't entirely into it for the profit, and that 50% of her cost of manufacturing went to the composers who wrote the music and lyrics for each client.

O'Leary went off on her, telling her that he'd never invest in her company because the music should be generated by AI so she could pocket the extra money.

Fuck him.

W_HAMILTON

(7,873 posts)
6. I don't know if he's MAGA, but...
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 01:59 AM
Feb 20

...I've seen enough of his interviews elsewhere that he has proven to be everything we dislike about the wealthy -- especially wealthy conservatives. He's been on my "be wary of" list for a few years now. I used to watch and enjoy Shark Tank, but after seeing some of his interviews and takes on issues outside of that show, I purposefully avoid it now.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
7. I heard him getting after the contestants for wanting their products
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 05:17 AM
Feb 20

to be made in America by Americans. O'Leary said that's too expensive, not enough profit. He wants them to be made in China by Chinese being paid slave wages to make larger profits ... greedy asshole!

Fla Dem

(23,761 posts)
8. Her is a Canadian citizen and conservative
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:33 AM
Feb 20
In 2017, he campaigned to be the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.[5][6] He was a frontrunner in the polls during much of that time but dropped out in April 2017, one month before the election, citing a lack of support in Quebec.[7][8]

Economy and trade
O'Leary supports multilateral free trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement. He described hypothetical trade negotiations between US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as "Godzilla versus Bambi".[114] O'Leary believes corporate tax rates in Canada are too high and has promised to eliminate the national carbon tax.[115] O'Leary has threatened to punish provinces by withholding transfer payments if they do not eliminate their respective carbon taxes.[115] O'Leary is a critic of deficit spending and supports eliminating the national debt.[116]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O%27Leary

Spazito

(50,482 posts)
9. He is a despicable piece of shit...
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:36 AM
Feb 20

and why anyone listens to him is beyond me. He is a grifter just like trump, imo.

Johonny

(20,889 posts)
11. Wild guess here, but he made money from fraud
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:37 AM
Feb 20

And worries that won't be allowed anymore. Given the pure shit on shark tank, this feels almost a certainty.

lame54

(35,325 posts)
12. NY blew it...
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:45 AM
Feb 20

By prosecuting a criminal they'll make all the other criminals leave town
I hope the murderers don't get wind of this

Hotler

(11,445 posts)
13. Another rich person whining about the nature of the free markets. The free market is a wondeful thing as long as
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:48 AM
Feb 20

it doesn't bite them in the ass.

The orange one is not the only rat fucker cooking the books.

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