{"id":2333905,"date":"2024-08-29T20:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T00:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-mcdonalds-story-called-into-question-as-details-dont-seem-to-add-up\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T00:27:47","slug":"kamala-harris-mcdonalds-story-called-into-question-as-details-dont-seem-to-add-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-mcdonalds-story-called-into-question-as-details-dont-seem-to-add-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217; McDonald&#8217;s Story Called Into Question as Details Don&#8217;t Seem to Add Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-mcdonalds-story-called-into-question-as-details-dont-seem-to-add-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2333905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses \u2063claims \u2062made\u200d by Vice President Kamala Harris about\u2064 her past experience working at McDonald&#8217;s while \u200dpursuing \u200bher degree. \u2062According to\u2064 a report from the\u2064 Washington\u200c Free Beacon, investigations into the veracity \u200bof her claims have \u2063yielded no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-parents-slam-arizona-school-board-for-proposing-woke-equity-guide-to-elementary-schoolers\/\" title=\"Watch: Parents Slam Arizona School Board For Proposing Woke Equity Guide To Elementary Schoolers\">supporting evidence<\/a>. The report highlights that Harris mentioned this job for the\u200d first\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-compares-cruz-hawley-to-her-sexual-assault-tactics-of-abusers-who-want-to-do-it-again\/\" title=\"AOC Compares Cruz, Hawley To Her \u2018Sexual Assault\u2019: \u2018Tactics Of Abusers\u2019 Who Want To \u2018Do It Again\u2019\">time publicly<\/a> in 2019, coinciding with her \u200bcampaign for the Democratic presidential\u2063 nomination. Despite assertions in her campaign advertisements\u200d and public statements that she worked at\u200b McDonald&#8217;s, there are no records or mentions of this job in her two\u2064 memoirs or a \u200c1987 job application\u200c for \u2063a position at the\u2064 Alameda\u200b County District Attorney\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<p>Various critiques suggest that while Harris&#8217;s narrative about\u2063 her\u2063 working-class background\u200b appears\u200d compelling, the\u2063 absence of corroborative evidence raises questions about its\u2062 authenticity.\u200b Fact-checking organizations \u200dand critics have noted the need for additional \u2062verification,\u2063 including employment \u200brecords or confirmations from \u2064acquaintances. The\u2062 ongoing discourse reflects the complexities of public \u2063narratives and how they are sometimes scrutinized in \u200dpolitical \u2063contexts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Like a burger without the meat, the well-told tale of Vice President Kamala Harris working at McDonald&rsquo;s appears to be missing something: some proof.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/i-did-fries-kamala-harris-claims-she-worked-at-mcdonalds-but-she-never-mentioned-it-until-she-ran-for-president-did-she-really-toil-beneath-the-golden-arches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> sought to find a shred of evidence that the tale was real and reported that it came up empty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-campaign-confirms-massive-border-flip-flop-team-trump-points-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> has been banking on the tale to connect with voters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/harris-trump-ads-economy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to one Harris ad she was &ldquo;the daughter of a working mom&rdquo; and &ldquo;worked at McDonald&rsquo;s while she got her degree.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Harris&rsquo;s mother, Shyamala Gopalan was a cancer researcher at UC Berkeley working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-kamala-harris-parents-donald-harris-shyamala-gopalan-7974352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Although a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/25\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-berkeley-hometown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> said Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-contributor-lights-kamala-harris-live-air-rips-shreds-incredibly-weak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worked<\/a> at a McDonald&rsquo;s in Alameda, a city near Oakland, the Free Beacon said it could find no proof.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kamala lying about working at McDonald&rsquo;s would be the dumbest thing possible to lie about. But there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t appear to be any record she ever worked there. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ZPwrWwZTI\">https:\/\/t.co\/1ZPwrWwZTI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1829203355878469651?\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The outlet, which said it has tried to find verification from McDonald&rsquo;s but not received replies, noted that the lack of any mention of the job in any documents it reviewed does not mean Harris did not work where she now says she did, only that it can&rsquo;t be proven as yet.<\/p>\n<p>The Free Beacon report said its review of comments Harris made about the job found that the first public mention of working for McDonald&rsquo;s was in 2019 when she was launching her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/majority-democratic-voters-clueless-kamala-harris-radical-positions-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed campaign<\/a> for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The job goes unmentioned in both of her memoirs, published in July 2010 and January 2019. Two biographies also do not mention the job.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Morain, who wrote &ldquo;Kamala&rsquo;s Way: An American Life,&rdquo; said he was unaware of the McDonald&rsquo;s job.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: The Harris campaign has given shifting accounts of her &ldquo;summer job&rdquo; at McDonald&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>So we looked for evidence of it. She doesn&rsquo;t mention it in her memoirs, &amp; did not list it on a 1987 job application we obtained. more w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaysSimonson?\">@SaysSimonson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKerrNC?\">@AndrewKerrNC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GAWRaQ2s3O\">https:\/\/t.co\/GAWRaQ2s3O<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EyUP8bfj33\">pic.twitter.com\/EyUP8bfj33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1829134767758946382?\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Free Beason said Harris&rsquo;s October 1987 job application for a job at the Alameda County district attorney&rsquo;s office also does not have a whiff of the Golden Arches.<\/p>\n<p>Instructed to list every job held in the past 10 years, Harris &mdash; who was in law school at the time &mdash; noted a one-month clerical job but never mentioned McDonald&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>The fact-checking site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/harris-mcdonalds-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snopes<\/a> would not call the claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-campaign-scrambles-fix-vp-picks-biography-lies-military-record-late\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fraud<\/a>, but reported that it was &ldquo;researching&rdquo; the claim.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Harris has made this claim repeatedly over the years, and multiple reputable news outlets have reported on the story. 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The Washington Free Beacon attempted to find any proof of this claim but reported that they found none. According to The New York Times, Harris has been using this narrative to connect with voters, stating in one advertisement that she was &#8220;the daughter of a working mom&#8221; and &#8220;worked at McDonald&#8217;s while earning her degree.&#8221; However, it&#8217;s worth noting that her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a cancer researcher at UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>While the New York Times mentioned that Harris worked at a McDonald\u2019s in Alameda, the Free Beacon could not verify this information. Some commentators have pointed out that if she were lying about such an inconsequential job, it would be quite foolish; however, there seems to be no record confirming her employment there.<\/p>\n<p>The Free Beacon noted its attempts to get verification from McDonald\u2019s went unanswered and highlighted the absence of any mention of the job in documents reviewed. They stated that Harris first publicly referenced working for McDonald&#8217;s in 2019 during her unsuccessful campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. This job is not mentioned in either of her memoirs published in July 2010 and January 2019 or in two biographies about her life. Dan Morain, author of \u201cKamala\u2019s Way: An American Life,\u201d indicated he was unaware of any such job.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, an October 1987 job application submitted by Harris for a position at the Alameda County district attorney&#8217;s office did not include any reference to working at McDonald&#8217;s despite being asked to list all jobs held over the past decade; she only noted a brief clerical position during law school.<\/p>\n<p>Snopes has refrained from labeling Harris&#8217;s claim as fraudulent but is currently investigating it further. They pointed out that while multiple reputable news outlets have reported on this story based solely on Harris&#8217;s assertions over time, there remains no independent evidence\u2014such as photographs or employment records\u2014to substantiate it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2333906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harris-14.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,32438,11237,5894,10559],"class_list":["post-2333905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-kamala-harris","tag-mcdonalds","tag-politics","tag-storytelling"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harris-14.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}