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Background
[edit]- In 2020, Joe Biden won the electoral votes of the state of Pennsylvania (Per 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania; will find specific citation)
- When she was in college, Kamala Harris worked at a McDonald's in Alameda, California. In an interview with Drew Barrymore, she said that she made fries and worked as a cashier.[1]
- Donald Trump has made unsupported claims that she lied about working at McDonald's.[2]
- Rumors about Harris lying about her work started after The Washington Free Beacon wrote that she did not describe working at McDonald's on a resume. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/20/trump-works-fryer-at-mcdonalds-and-accuses-harris-without-evidence-of-lying-about-summer-job/
Visit
[edit]- Trump visited a McDonald's restaurant in Feasterville, Pennsylvania on October 20, 2024 and served french fries https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tries-troll-harris-serving-french-fries-mcdonalds-rcna176294
- The visit was arranged by Jim Worthington, a former chairman of Pennsylvania's delegation to the Republican National Convention; after being contacted by Trump's campaign, he convinced the restaurant's owner to host Trump https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-visit-mcdonalds-offers-evidence-harris-work-college-114965009
- The restaurant itself was closed while the former president was there; Trump served takeout; after serving food at the restaurant, Trump went to a town hall in Lancaster https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-mcdonalds-2024-presidential-election-pennsylvania-73e55c8c1db4adc2a547b62bd5142be3
- ^ Contorno, Steve (20 October 2024). "Trump thrusts McDonald's into the political arena in final days of campaign". CNN. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Gomez, Henry J; Traylor, Jake (20 October 2024). "Trump attempts to troll Harris by serving french fries at a Pennsylvania McDonald's". NBC News. Retrieved 21 October 2024.