McDonald’s debunks Trump's accusation that Harris lied about fast food work
Sarah K. Burris
October 21, 2024
Tech campaigners are calling for stricter guardrails around AI ahead of the U.S. presidential elections in November between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump © Brendan SMIALOWSKI, Patrick T. Fallon / AFP/File
Donald Trump's claim that McDonald's issued a statement claiming Vice President Kamala Harris never worked for the fast food giant was debunked Monday.
The Washington Post reported that McDonalds denied making such a response to the Trump camp.
Harris has said that she worked at McDonald's one summer between her freshman and sophomore years in school at Howard University. Though a throw away comment by Harris, Trump has latched onto the tale — and repeatedly claimed it was untrue.
Over the weekend, Trump's campaign closed down a McDonald's in Pennsylvania to use it for a photo opportunity as he donned an apron and cooked French fries — apparently for his supporters in a drive-thru.
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“We have checked with McDonald’s, and they say, definitively, that there is no record of Lyin’ Kamala Harris ever having worked there,” Trump wrote Sunday on TruthSocial. “In other words, she never worked there, and has lied about this ‘job’ for years.”
But the Post's Philip Bump called that Trump's " rhetorical jump", hitting the ex-president's conclusion based on lack of documentation of short-term employment more than 40 years ago.
Bump went on to compare Trump's claim to the following: "If America’s collective memory and documentation of its history suddenly evaporated, we could prove that Trump was never president, since no record of his having done so exists."
Bump said management of the "Golden Arches" isn't happy with the attention.
“Though we are not a political brand,” a statement from McDonald's says, “we’ve been proud to hear former President Trump’s love for McDonald’s and Vice President Harris’s fond memories working under the Arches. While we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the early ’80s, what makes ‘1 in 8’ so powerful is the shared experience so many Americans have had.”
The reference to 1 in 8 is to the number of Americans who have worked for McDonald's at one point in their lives.
"We end where we started," wrote Bump. "There is no reason to think that Harris didn’t work at McDonald’s in 1983 and ... every reason to think that Trump’s suggestion that she didn’t is offered in bad faith and without evidence. "
Read the full column here.
Sarah K. Burris
October 21, 2024
Tech campaigners are calling for stricter guardrails around AI ahead of the U.S. presidential elections in November between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump © Brendan SMIALOWSKI, Patrick T. Fallon / AFP/File
Donald Trump's claim that McDonald's issued a statement claiming Vice President Kamala Harris never worked for the fast food giant was debunked Monday.
The Washington Post reported that McDonalds denied making such a response to the Trump camp.
Harris has said that she worked at McDonald's one summer between her freshman and sophomore years in school at Howard University. Though a throw away comment by Harris, Trump has latched onto the tale — and repeatedly claimed it was untrue.
Over the weekend, Trump's campaign closed down a McDonald's in Pennsylvania to use it for a photo opportunity as he donned an apron and cooked French fries — apparently for his supporters in a drive-thru.
Read Also: Revealed: Mark Robinson’s deeper ties to 'one of America's most dangerous cults'
“We have checked with McDonald’s, and they say, definitively, that there is no record of Lyin’ Kamala Harris ever having worked there,” Trump wrote Sunday on TruthSocial. “In other words, she never worked there, and has lied about this ‘job’ for years.”
But the Post's Philip Bump called that Trump's " rhetorical jump", hitting the ex-president's conclusion based on lack of documentation of short-term employment more than 40 years ago.
Bump went on to compare Trump's claim to the following: "If America’s collective memory and documentation of its history suddenly evaporated, we could prove that Trump was never president, since no record of his having done so exists."
Bump said management of the "Golden Arches" isn't happy with the attention.
“Though we are not a political brand,” a statement from McDonald's says, “we’ve been proud to hear former President Trump’s love for McDonald’s and Vice President Harris’s fond memories working under the Arches. While we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the early ’80s, what makes ‘1 in 8’ so powerful is the shared experience so many Americans have had.”
The reference to 1 in 8 is to the number of Americans who have worked for McDonald's at one point in their lives.
"We end where we started," wrote Bump. "There is no reason to think that Harris didn’t work at McDonald’s in 1983 and ... every reason to think that Trump’s suggestion that she didn’t is offered in bad faith and without evidence. "
Read the full column here.
Daniel Hampton
October 21, 2024 10:12PM ET
The president of the United Auto Workers slammed former President Donald Trump's visit to a Pennsylvania McDonald's, calling it a "joke" on CNN and saying Trump was simply "playing dress-up." (Screengrab via CNN
The president of the United Auto Workers slammed former President Donald Trump's visit to a Pennsylvania McDonald's, calling it a "joke" on CNN and saying Trump was simply playing "dress-up."
Trump visited the fast food chain in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday, working the fry station of the McDonald's, which was closed to the public during his visit. During the roughly 30-minute event, he took questions from customers through the drive-through window.
"Let's be real," he said. "Donald Trump wants to play pretend and put on a show and play dress up and act like he understands what working-class people go through, what fast food workers go through."
The reality, he noted, is the eatery was closed to the public.
"It was franchisees and campaign supporters that were screened and allowed to be customers," said Fain.
He added: "This is not the life of a McDonald's worker," noting they work at a furious pace to clear people through the line and make the company money, all at "poverty wages."
"To me, it's a slam and it's an insult to people that have to do that work every day that are trying to pay the bills at the end of the week and that's their biggest fear is getting their bills paid," said Fain. "Trump doesn't understand that. So I think that whole charade was a joke."
On the contrary, he said, Vice President Kamala Harris knows what it's like to struggle, said Fain.
"Really to me [that's] one of the distinct differences between these two candidates," he said.
Watch the clip below or at this link.
Local news hits Trump for serving 'pre-screened' supporters at 'closed' McDonald's
David Edwards
October 21, 2024
Spectrum News/screen grab
Spectrum News, airing on local stations across the country, called out former President Donald Trump for appearing to serve "pre-screened" supporters at a "closed" McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Sunday.
In the Monday report, Spectrum News correspondent Angi Gonzalez noted that Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of her weekend speaking at a church in Georgia. Meanwhile, Trump was campaigning in Pennsylvania.
"Sunday, during a campaign stop at a McDonald's near Philadelphia, Trump briefly interacted with a pre-screened group of supporters at the drive-thru," Gonzalez said. "The location was closed to the public at the time of his visit."
"While there, he continued to claim without evidence that Harris has never worked at McDonald's, something that she revealed about her past in the early days of her campaign," she added.
Gonzalez also noted that Trump had used foul language against his opponent during a rally over the weekend.
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"We can't stand you, you're a sh-t vice president," Trump complained. "Kamala, you're fired, get the hell out of here, you're fired."
Harris responded to MSNBC: "What you see in my opponent, a former president of the United States, really is, it demeans the office."
Watch the video from Spectrum News below or at this link
David Edwards
October 21, 2024
Spectrum News/screen grab
Spectrum News, airing on local stations across the country, called out former President Donald Trump for appearing to serve "pre-screened" supporters at a "closed" McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Sunday.
In the Monday report, Spectrum News correspondent Angi Gonzalez noted that Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of her weekend speaking at a church in Georgia. Meanwhile, Trump was campaigning in Pennsylvania.
"Sunday, during a campaign stop at a McDonald's near Philadelphia, Trump briefly interacted with a pre-screened group of supporters at the drive-thru," Gonzalez said. "The location was closed to the public at the time of his visit."
"While there, he continued to claim without evidence that Harris has never worked at McDonald's, something that she revealed about her past in the early days of her campaign," she added.
Gonzalez also noted that Trump had used foul language against his opponent during a rally over the weekend.
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"We can't stand you, you're a sh-t vice president," Trump complained. "Kamala, you're fired, get the hell out of here, you're fired."
Harris responded to MSNBC: "What you see in my opponent, a former president of the United States, really is, it demeans the office."
Watch the video from Spectrum News below or at this link
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