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Donald Trump works at a McDonald’s after allegations that Kamala Harris never worked at the fast-food chain

Donald Trump works at a McDonald’s after allegations that Kamala Harris never worked at the fast-food chain

Former President Donald Trump served food at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s drive-thru on Sunday after claiming without evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris never worked at the fast-food restaurant while in college.

“A big part of her resume was the fact that she worked at McDonald’s — what a tough job it was,” Trump said at a McDonald’s in Feasterville, a suburb of Philadelphia, according to NBC News. “She… made the fries and talked about the heat: ‘It was so hard.’ She never worked at McDonald’s.”

In addition to serving food, Trump also put a few batches of fries in the fryer, all while wearing a McDonald’s apron, NBC News noted. The campaign photo is just Trump’s latest attempt to undermine Harris, who said she worked at a fast-food chain when she was younger.

Harris’ campaign told several publications that she worked at a McDonald’s in Alameda, California, while she was a college student at Howard University during the summer of 1983.

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In response to Trump’s claim that Harris never worked at McDonald’s, Ian Sams, Harris’ spokesman, told NBC News: “When Trump feels desperate, all he knows how to do is lie. He can’t understand what it’s like to have a summer job because he was given millions on a silver platter, only to screw it up.”

According to The New York Times, Harris first mentioned her work at McDonald’s when she ran for president in 2019. That same year, she visited a McDonald’s in Las Vegas and protested with its workers for a $15 minimum wage.

On Sunday, Trump was asked whether the minimum wage should be raised. He dodged the question and told reporters, “Well, I think so. I think these people work hard. They are great. And I just saw something – a process that is beautiful.”