{"id":2358429,"date":"2024-10-23T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yelp-pauses-reviews-for-mcdonalds-trump-visited-after-influx-of-political-comments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T14:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:12:24","slug":"yelp-pauses-reviews-for-mcdonalds-trump-visited-after-influx-of-political-comments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yelp-pauses-reviews-for-mcdonalds-trump-visited-after-influx-of-political-comments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Yelp pauses reviews for McDonald\u2019s Trump visited after influx of political comments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fyelp-pauses-reviews-for-mcdonalds-trump-visited-after-influx-of-political-comments-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=2358429&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>Yelp\u200d has \u2063temporarily disabled reviews \u200dfor a\u200c McDonald&#8217;s location in Pennsylvania that was recently visited \u2062by former President Donald Trump. This decision comes \u200cin response \u200dto \u2064an \u2063influx of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/23-house-republicans-demand-reinstatement-of-space-force-commander-fired-for-criticizing-marxism\/\" title=\"23 House Republicans Demand Reinstatement Of Space Force Commander Fired For Criticizing Marxism\">politically charged comments<\/a> following \u200dTrump&#8217;s appearance, \u2062during which he trolled Vice President Kamala Harris by working a shift at the restaurant. Yelp&#8217;s alert to users explains \u2064that the pause on comments is to ensure that reviews reflect typical customer experiences \u200brather \u200cthan reactions \u200bto Trump&#8217;s visit. The company is investigating whether the content is\u200d aligned with real consumer \u200bexperiences. Many reviews have been polarized, displaying both \u200cnegative and positive\u2063 sentiments tied to \u200dthe \u2063political event, and Yelp encourages customers\u2062 to return later for genuine feedback.  <\/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\">Yelp pauses reviews for McDonald&rsquo;s Trump visited after influx of political comments<\/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_1841155\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Yelp has &ldquo;temporarily disabled&rdquo; people&rsquo;s ability to leave reviews about the Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>McDonald<\/a>&rsquo;s former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> recently visited in an effort to investigate politically charged comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After Trump <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>trolled<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris by working a shift at a McDonald&rsquo;s in Feasterville-Trevose on Sunday, Yelp reviewers left a slew of politicized reviews related to his visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In response, Yelp paused its comment function for the McDonald&rsquo;s location because it said it wanted reviews to reflect the typical customer experience instead of Trump&rsquo;s singular appearance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">business recently received increased public attention<\/a>, which often means people come to this page to post their views on the news. While we don&rsquo;t take a stand one way or the other when it comes to this incident, we&rsquo;ve temporarily disabled the posting of content to this page as we work to investigate whether the content you see here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-pittsburgh-spice-store-visit-ignites-flurry-of-backlash-over-shops-activism-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris\u2019s Pittsburgh spice store visit ignites flurry of backlash over shop\u2019s activism - Washington Examiner\">reflects actual consumer experiences<\/a> rather than the recent events,&rdquo; a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/mcdonalds-feasterville?start=40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Yelp alert<\/a> says when people go to the site to look up reviews or leave a comment about the Feasterville-Trevose McDonald&rsquo;s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Customers react as former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, hands them an order at a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald&rsquo;s, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re here to leave a review based on a first-hand experience with the business, please check back at a later date,&rdquo; the alert continues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Millions of people across the country use Yelp to make decisions about which businesses to visit and to leave synopses of their experiences for other inquirers.<\/p>\n<p>The comments posted to Yelp following Trump&rsquo;s weekend appearance at the Golden Arches were both negative and positive.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Went to this McDonalds to try the new chicken big Mac and was stunned to see a convicted felon operating the drive through. Your company hires felons? Also closing the store for the day to perform this political theater is crazy to me. I won&rsquo;t be patronizing a McDonald&rsquo;s ever again. Food tastes like sh&ndash; anyway,&rdquo; one comment read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another Yelp review noted, &ldquo;This business is being review bombed, over politics, by a bunch of hateful fools that have never been to the restaurant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The best McDonalds I&rsquo;ve ever been to in 47 years. The older employee was extremely nice. Make McDonalds Great Again!&rdquo;&nbsp;one person praised.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another reviewer mocked that Trump &ldquo;got bronzer on my fries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former president&rsquo;s move to work the drive-thru at the Feasterville-Trevose McDonald&rsquo;s comes as the latest polls indicate he holds a razor-thin lead over Harris in the battleground state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign has ridiculed Trump&rsquo;s McDonald&rsquo;s ploy, and the fast food company has received <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ohrick4\/status\/1848117500661428318?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>some blowback <\/a>for allowing Trump to make a campaign appearance at the franchise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, it <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>has chosen<\/a> not to take sides in the political debate, saying. &ldquo;We are not red or blue &mdash; we are golden.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/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_1841155\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1841155\"}});<\/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>Yelp halts reviews for McDonald&#8217;s Trump visited due to political comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2358431,"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\/Trump-MC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[11237,43552,16230,3634,39626],"class_list":["post-2358429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-mcdonalds","tag-political-comments","tag-reviews","tag-trump","tag-yelp"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-MC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358429","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}