{"id":2358189,"date":"2024-10-22T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-and-walz-troll-trumps-mcdonalds-visit-at-wisconsin-rally-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T20:15:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:15:48","slug":"obama-and-walz-troll-trumps-mcdonalds-visit-at-wisconsin-rally-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-and-walz-troll-trumps-mcdonalds-visit-at-wisconsin-rally-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama and Walz troll Trump\u2019s McDonald\u2019s visit at Wisconsin rally &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fobama-and-walz-troll-trumps-mcdonalds-visit-at-wisconsin-rally-washington-examiner%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=2358189&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>At a\u2063 recent rally in Madison, Wisconsin, former President \u2064Barack Obama and Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota humorously criticized former President Donald Trump for \u2062a stunt during a\u200c campaign \u200dstop where he pretended to work at a closed McDonald&#8217;s. This moment was intended to mock Vice\u200c President Kamala Harris, who \u200bhas stated she worked at McDonald&#8217;s during college. Obama noted that unlike Trump, who &#8220;pretended to work&#8221;\u200c without \u2062actually doing \u2062so,\u200b Harris has genuine experience in the workforce\u2062 and advocated for her commitment to representing the needs of\u2062 everyday people. Walz further added commentary on Trump&#8217;s actions, suggesting \u2063they were disrespectful and pointed out that Trump&#8217;s attempts to\u2062 connect with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">middle-class voters fell \u200bflat<\/a>. The discussion highlighted Harris&#8217;s work history\u2063 at McDonald&#8217;s, which has become a\u2063 contentious issue on the campaign trail with allegations from Trump\u2019s campaign that she\u2064 has exaggerated her experience to appeal to voters. the rally emphasized support for Harris and the importance of authentic experiences \u2064in politics.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Obama and Walz mock Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;pretend&rsquo; McDonald&rsquo;s shift during Wisconsin rally<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1841725\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3196434\/kamala-harris-stumping-obama-biden-pushed-behind-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a>&nbsp;and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Tuesday poked fun at former President Donald Trump for briefly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3198889\/mcdonalds-serves-up-nonpartisan-response-trump-visit-we-are-golden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jumping behind the fry cooker<\/a>&nbsp;at a closed McDonald&rsquo;s in Pennsylvania over the weekend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s campaign stop, meant to troll Vice President Kamala Harris over her disputed employment at the fast-food chain, was repeatedly referenced at a Wisconsin rally by Obama and Walz, who insisted Harris worked at McDonald&rsquo;s decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Harris &ldquo;is a leader who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and need a champion, somebody who was raised in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">middle-class family<\/a>, who actually worked at McDonald&rsquo;s when she was in college to pay her expenses,&rdquo; Obama told a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin. &ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t just pretend like she worked at McDonald&rsquo;s when it was closed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama has stepped up his campaigning for Democrats in the final weeks until Election Day and was scheduled to introduce rapper Eminem later that night at a Harris rally in Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Walz quipped that McDonald&rsquo;s found Trump &ldquo;an apron his size&rdquo; and questioned whether the GOP presidential nominee &ldquo;mixed up his weekends and thought that it was Halloween already.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s purported work history at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-treasury-sec-admits-she-ate-magic-mushrooms-during-china-visit\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Treasury Secretary Confesses to Consuming Magic Mushrooms in China.\">popular chain<\/a> has become a point of contention on the campaign trail. She&rsquo;s claimed to have worked at a location in the summer of 1983 when home from attending Howard University, which her campaign has identified as the one on Central Avenue in Alameda, California.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his campaign have accused her of fabricating the tale to better relate to middle-class voters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He looks much more like Ronald McDonald than the clown that he actually is,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;And Ronald wears less makeup.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), left, stands with former President Barack Obama, right, during a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. (AP Photo\/Morry Gash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Walz, turning to a more serious page, chastised Trump as &ldquo;cruel&rdquo; for being a &ldquo;billionaire using people&rsquo;s livelihood as a political prop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala actually worked at McDonald&rsquo;s and did that job,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We know that the economy works best when everybody has an opportunity to get ahead and thrive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris has faced conservative accusations of falsifying the story in part because she left the work history off past job applications. McDonald&rsquo;s also said neither the national brand nor its local franchisees have employment records dating back that far for all positions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While we and our franchisees don&rsquo;t have records for all positions dating back to the early &lsquo;80s, what makes &lsquo;1 in 8&rsquo; so powerful is the shared experience so many Americans have had,&rdquo; McDonald&rsquo;s said in a statement to its employees, referencing a statistic that 1-in-8 Americans at some point in their lives work at McDonald&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McDonald&rsquo;s also offered a nonpartisan response to Trump&rsquo;s viral visit. &ldquo;McDonald&rsquo;s does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next president. We are not red or blue &mdash; we are golden,&rdquo; the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3198889\/mcdonalds-serves-up-nonpartisan-response-trump-visit-we-are-golden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"declared.\">declared.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump boasted from the McDonald&rsquo;s drive-thru window that his short time there meant that he had &ldquo;now worked [at McDonald&rsquo;s] for 15 minutes more than Kamala.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1841725\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1841725\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama and Walz jest Trump\u2019s \u2018fake\u2019 McDonald\u2019s stint at rally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2358191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/obama-walz-harris-mcdonalds.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5315,3634,27318],"class_list":["post-2358189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-obama","tag-trump","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/obama-walz-harris-mcdonalds.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358189","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}