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KitchenAid tweeted about Obama's dead grandma.

During one of the presidential debates, KitchenAid tweeted to its 24,000 fans that "Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! ‘She died 3 days b4 he became president’. #nbcpolitics".

KitchenAid immediately deleted the quote and tweeted an apology.

A spokesperson said that "The tasteless joke in no way represents our values at KitchenAid, and that person won't be tweeting for us anymore."

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