Kamala Harris’s running mate Gov. Tim Walz (Minn.) claimed former President Donald Trump showed “disrespect” to McDonald’s workers by making a campaign stop at the restaurant in Pennsylvania.
During an appearance on The View, Walz argued that Harris is actually the candidate for the people because she actually worked at McDonald’s while in college and not as a campaign stunt.
“She actually worked in a McDonald’s. She didn’t go and pander and disrespect McDonald’s workers by standing there in your red tie and take a picture,” Walz told The View panel on Monday.
WALZ says that Trump showed "disrespect" to McDonald's workers by visiting yesterday. pic.twitter.com/9XJ8yM147c
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 21, 2024
Notably, in a statement on Sunday, McDonald’s acknowledged that no records exist proving Harris ever worked at one of their restaurants — but they invited her to do so as Trump did, but thus far she’s not accepted the invitation.
Take note, this is how you draft a statement.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) October 21, 2024
McDonald’s remains undefeated. pic.twitter.com/jWl5emiyBD
Meanwhile, Trump’s McDonald’s visit was a major hit, where workers were seen smiling and laughing as they showed him the ropes and watched him riff with customers as he handed them food.
President Trump SUITS UP for his shift at McDonald's.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 20, 2024
Kamala could never! pic.twitter.com/YgAf27eeBV
HISTORICAL: President Trump is working the drive-thru window at McDonalds. pic.twitter.com/DY4PyE9SFg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 20, 2024
And many on social media meme’d Trump’s hilarious and humanizing stunt.
A famous quote by pop artist Andy Warhol even circulated on social media highlighting the importance of a president doing a mundane job to show that all work has dignity.
I’ve always thought that the President could do so much here to help change images. If the President would go into a public bathroom in the Capitol, and have the TV cameras film him cleaning the toilets and saying ‘Why not? Somebody’s got to do it!’ then that would do so much for the morale of the people who do the wonderful job of keeping the toilets clean. I mean, it is a wonderful thing that they’re doing.
The President has so much good publicity potential that hasn’t been exploited. He should just sit down one day and make a list of all the things that people are embarrassed to do that they shouldn’t be embarrassed to do, and then do them all on television.
Donald Trump is not simply a populist, he is the apotheosis of Pop Art. pic.twitter.com/X3JEnkIL4H
— John Dee (@iohndee) October 20, 2024
Only the mainstream media was freaking out over Trump’s McDonald’s visit, unable to fathom why a billionaire former president would bother working among the people — with the additional bonus of trolling Harris.
MSNBC says working at McDonald’s is bizarre and strange. This is how @KamalaHarris and the elites think of everyday Americans who work everyday jobs.
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) October 20, 2024
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When lefty media seethes this hard, you know Trump’s McDonald’s strategy was highly effective. pic.twitter.com/BnS0Fa7bpH
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 20, 2024
And if anyone is disrespectful of McDonald’s, it’s Walz, who oversaw the destruction of a McDonald’s, along with many other businesses, during the 2020 George Floyd riots in Minneapolis.
Under Gov Walz. https://t.co/Obb8PmY69s
— Just Loki (@LokiJulianus) October 20, 2024