Groupon On “President” Hamilton: Gotcha! We Did That On Purpose, Haha!

(Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie)

(Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie)

It was fun while we lasted: We had a sneaking suspicion there’s no way Groupon could be so ridiculously idiotic as to think that Alexander Hamilton was ever a U.S. president, and it turns out we were right. The company admitted that the whole Presidents Day deal was a bid for attention. Well, you got it. [via Chicago Tribune with autoplay video]

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