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7. Trump's obsession with Harris and McDonald's gets even creepier
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 05:01 PM
Oct 2024

Donald Trump appears to be focused at least as much on Kamala Harris' fast food experience as any other issue.



With 40 days left in the election cycle, Trump appears to have one true obsession, which he now focuses on every day: Kamala Harris' work experience at McDonald's while in college.

Even by Trump standards, this has become rather creepy.


https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/donald-trump-kamala-harris-mcdonalds-obsession-creepy-election-2024-rcna172701

Donald Trump’s latest campaign event in North Carolina — a state the former president has focused considerable attention on lately — was ostensibly supposed to focus on manufacturing and job creation. But while the Republican did have a few things to say about his intended topic, he also strayed from his script to talk about one of his favorite subjects.




Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump declared, “never worked at McDonald’s. It was a fake story. It was a fake story; the press now refuses to write it because it’s so, you know, this is a simple one. She said she worked at McDonald’s and she didn’t. ... It was a lie. She never worked at McDonald’s over the hot french fries.”

The GOP candidate quickly added that he plans to go to a McDonald’s “in two weeks” — it’s always “two weeks,” isn’t it? — and he intends to “work the french fries.” Trump concluded, “I will have worked longer and harder at McDonald’s than she did if I do that even for half an hour.”

If the rhetoric seemed at all familiar, it’s because Trump has been obsessed to an unhealthy degree with the vice president having worked at McDonald’s as a college student.......

In other words, with fewer than six weeks before Election Day, the Republican nominee appears to be focused at least as much on this issue as anything else.

That, of course, is utterly bonkers, in part because there’s literally no evidence that Harris lied, in part because Trump hasn’t even tried to substantiate his attack with anything other than repetition, and in part because his obsession isn’t likely to move the electoral needle.

The broader circumstances, meanwhile, continue to be noteworthy. The Democratic nominee has been involved in public service for decades, working as a prosecutor, a state attorney general, a U.S. senator, and a vice president. If the GOP candidate and his team are eager to scrutinize her record, there should be plenty of accurate things to choose from.

So why is it that Trump has relied so heavily on made-up nonsense? If Harris is as bad as her partisan critics claim, why can’t Trump simply tell the truth and shift his focus away from her college-era fast-food experience?

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He's there for the free employee meal. Gaytano70 Oct 2024 #1
Too bad Ketchup comes in those little packs or paper cups... Mr.WeRP Oct 2024 #5
With his dementia it's the only job he can do now. SupportSanity Oct 2024 #2
that's a slam on fast food workers Skittles Oct 2024 #10
The mcdonalds was closed, it was a stunt MacKasey Oct 2024 #3
Wow. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #18
Wow x 2. n/t iluvtennis Oct 2024 #24
Actuially, the McDonalds would have to close Shoonra Oct 2024 #26
Thats not true Mosby Oct 2024 #27
He would need a food handler's permit, which would involve taking a test which he would surely flunk. OMGWTF Oct 2024 #31
I'll be honest and say I'm not going in to read the story right now... slightlv Oct 2024 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Oct 2024 #35
I really don't understand why they accuse her of lying about working there. Why would anybody lie about that? Geez Walleye Oct 2024 #4
Some RW troll found it not mentioned on her resume from years ago underpants Oct 2024 #8
Why would a summer job at Micky D's while in wnylib Oct 2024 #20
I worked at the Dairy Queen when I was in high school. Never put that on a rsum. Walleye Oct 2024 #21
Winn-Dixie underpants Oct 2024 #23
The letter on the door saying it's not a political organization. duncang Oct 2024 #6
I bet the franchise owner is a magaloon kimbutgar Oct 2024 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Oct 2024 #32
Trump's obsession with Harris and McDonald's gets even creepier LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2024 #7
What a fucking loon. No offense to actual loons. Evolve Dammit Oct 2024 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Oct 2024 #33
When I was in graduate school Mossfern Oct 2024 #11
Exactly Evolve Dammit Oct 2024 #12
Nobody puts entry level teenage work on a professional resume or application. I didn't. Unnecessary. nt Evolve Dammit Oct 2024 #13
As someone who touts himself as the ultimate business man. . . Collimator Oct 2024 #28
FAT DonOLD works 5 minutes Ojerly Oct 2024 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Oct 2024 #34
The fuckhead "works" in a restaurant that is closed? Prof. Toru Tanaka Oct 2024 #16
He sure showed her! BaronChocula Oct 2024 #17
Like to see him do an 8 hour shift. Emile Oct 2024 #19
Closest he's ever come to doing a real job dflprincess Oct 2024 #22
i thought he was so fucking EXHAUSTED orleans Oct 2024 #25
Some days it feels like we're in the Twilight Zone. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #29
The US Women's team got a far nicer meal LetMyPeopleVote Feb 26 #36
This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Feb 27 #37
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