AOC, media need Individuals to know Trump would not actually work at McDonald’s

Outstanding Democrats and liberal media pundits aren’t lovin’ it. 

Former President Trump served french fries to prospects by the drive-thru window at McDonald’s on Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania as hundreds of supporters surrounded the restaurant. Within the ensuing days, Trump critics slammed the occasion as “staged,” regardless of a number of cases of Harris-Walz marketing campaign occasions being equally pre-planned, reminiscent of an August go to to Primanti Bros. in Moon, Pa., and the viral footage of Harris trying to find Doritos in a fuel station. 

“Squad” chief Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., urged Trump was “making enjoyable” of Individuals with the McDonald’s occasion throughout a Harris marketing campaign occasion in Pennsylvania on Monday. 

TRUMP MAKES FRIES AT PENNSYLVANIA MCDONALD’S: ‘I’VE NOW WORKED FOR 15 MINUTES MORE THAN KAMALA’

Many Trump critics rushed to tell Individuals the previous president didn’t actually settle for a job on the fast-food chain. (Getty Pictures/ AP Pictures)

“He placed on his little McDonald’s costume… Halloween got here early for Donald Trump, as a result of we all know that man has by no means labored a day in his life,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned of the previous president. 

“We all know that man has by no means punched a clock in his life. He’s by no means wiped down a desk in his life. He’s by no means needed to repair his personal automotive. He’s by no means struggled to make finish’s meet. He doesn’t know what it means to verify your paycheck each week and see what you’ve acquired left,” she added. “Donald Trump thinks that individuals who work at McDonald’s are a joke.” 

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., a Harris surrogate, joined MSNBC to mock the occasion. 

“There isn’t a logic to it, it’s a stunt. He has not put forth an financial agenda. He, as you recognize, seems to be not properly,” Lee mentioned. 

Trump was accused of pushing “phony McDonald’s gross sales” on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” whereas Rachel Maddow mentioned he “pretended to work at McDonald’s.” 

“CBS Night Information” anchor Norah O’Donnell praised Vice President Kamala Harris for “concentrating on disinfected Republican voters” whereas Trump was “staging a marketing campaign stunt” at McDonald’s.  

On ABC’s “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg complained Trump didn’t put on a hair web whereas her colleagues blasted the occasion as “staged.”

WOMAN SERVED BY TRUMP AT MCDONALD’S DRIVE-THRU REVEALS DETAILS BEHIND VIRAL EXCHANGE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT

Donald Trump labored as a fry prepare dinner on Sunday afternoon at a Pennsylvania McDonalds, claiming he has now labored on the fast-food chain longer than Vice President Kamala Harris. (Brooke Singman)

The New York Instances discovered McDonald’s staff to criticize the previous president for holding a crimson french fry carton backwards and throwing salt over his shoulder in a superstitious act. The Instances even discovered a McDonald’s basic supervisor to recommend Trump is simply too outdated to deal with the fryer. 

Trump was additionally mocked on late-night applications, as Stephen Colbert known as the occasion “blue-collar drag” and Jimmy Fallon mentioned it was the primary time Trump “ran a profitable enterprise.” 

The Atlantic revealed a chunk headlined, “The Slop Candidate,” which known as the occasion a “swiftly staged depiction of a reasonably silly, although entertaining fantasy.” 

Backlash from the left was so over-the-top that “Each day Present” host Jon Stewart had some criticism.

“The poor, candy media — oh, poor, candy media. They know they’re mad, they’re simply not precisely certain which factor they need to be maddest about anymore. However I can inform you one factor, media, it in all probability shouldn’t be the McDonald’s factor,” Stewart mentioned earlier than taking part in a clip of MSNBC political analyst Jennifer Rubin decrying that the occasion was “solely staged” and suggesting Trump couldn’t truly function the fry machine. 

“What a pleasing counterpoint,” Stewart joked. “Look, I’m all for criticizing Donald Trump however I gotta inform you, I additionally don’t know methods to work the fryer at McDonald’s and can be incapable of doing so.”

A number of pundits and organizations who’re reliably vital of Trump discovered the necessity to make it clear the previous president didn’t truly settle for a place on the fast-food joint. 

“Trump didn’t work a shift,” former CNN reporter John Harwood astutely identified. “He posed for footage at a closed McDonald’s handing fries to pre-screened pretend-customers.” 

LIBERAL MEDIA HAS MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP’S ‘FIRST DAY’ WORKING AT MCDONALD’S

Former President Trump served French fries to prospects by the drive-thru window at McDonald’s on Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania as hundreds of supporters surrounded the restaurant. (Pool)

Newsweek explored the state of affairs with a narrative headlined, “Was Donald Trump’s McDonald’s Shift ‘Staged?’” The Newsweek piece then declared, “A full shift typically implies 8 to 9 hours of labor, but posts circulating on social media recommend Trump labored there for much less.”

CNN’s Brian Stelter was mocked on X for writing, “For safety causes, Trump’s McDonalds go to was fastidiously staged forward of time, with drive-through prospects chosen and screened by Secret Service, and many others.” 

Many sarcastically replied to Stelter noting they had been shocked to study Trump doesn’t truly work at McDonalds, whereas others had been baffled that the CNN pundit felt this was newsworthy. 

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck responded on X: “Um, sure, that is the way it works for presidents and Secret Service protectees particularly those that’ve had two folks practically homicide him this yr.”

The Washington Submit revealed a narrative headlined, “Trump serves McDonald’s fries to supporters in stage-managed marketing campaign cease,” which famous that “motorists whom Trump served had been screened by the U.S. Secret Service and positioned earlier than his arrival.”

LIBERAL MEDIA HAS MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP’S ‘FIRST DAY’ WORKING AT MCDONALD’S

Donald Trump smiles inside a Pennsylvania McDonald’s after working as a fry prepare dinner.  (Brooke Singman)

Seth Abramson, who lengthy pushed the debunked Russian collusion narrative, declared that Trump’s McDonald’s occasion made America “sh-ttier.”

“Maybe no stunt within the historical past of U.S. politics deserves extra ridicule than the grotesquely embarrassing mummery Trump placed on at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s at the moment The entire nation acquired sh*ttier due to this The McDonald’s was closed, the shoppers had been pretend, Trump did nothing,” Abramson posted on X. 

The anti-Trump Lincoln Mission accused Trump of “cosplayng as a quick meals employee when you’re making an attempt to chop extra time pay for staff,” citing the Mission 2025 though Trump has repeatedly insisted he has nothing to do with Mission 2025. 

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem appeared on “Hannity” Monday to debate outrage from the left. 

“I feel the rationale that the Democrats and liberals are so upset is as a result of this go to was so highly effective… the distinction between Donald Trump and different politicians is that he doesn’t assume he’s higher than you. He doesn’t assume he’s higher than the America folks,” Noem mentioned. 

The proprietor of the Feasterville McDonald’s shared a press release with Fox Information Digital, highlighting the significance of the previous president’s go to.

“As a small, impartial enterprise proprietor, it’s a basic worth of my group that we proudly open our doorways to everybody who visits the Feasterville neighborhood. That’s why I accepted former President Trump’s request to watch the transformative working expertise that 1 in 8 Individuals have had: a job at McDonald’s,” proprietor and operator Derek Giacomantonio mentioned. 

“As a former crew member, I can attest this job is greater than burgers and fries, however a significant pathway to alternative. Native Pennsylvania franchisees like me are proud to offer greater than 25,000 jobs throughout the state and I am honored to showcase my restaurant and the unimaginable impression of the franchise enterprise mannequin right here at the moment,” Giacomantonio continued. 

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Fox Information Digital’s David Rutz, Stepheny Value and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.