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McDonald's lacks records to corroborate whether Kamala Harris was its employee

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By Evaristo Lara

22 Oct 2024, 17:45 PM EDT

Given the comments made by Kamala Harris about a stage in her life when she claims she worked as a McDonald’s employee, The company famous for selling hamburgers globally said it lacked records to corroborate what the vice president stated.

During a demonstration with fast food workers held in 2019, the woman who today aspires to become the first American president assured those present that, when she was in college, she came to work at McDonald’s in the 1980s.

Five years later, Invited to participate in the Drew Barrymore program, the 60-year-old Californian even said that she took advantage of the time she was working to eat French fries.

Already a presidential candidate, her campaign team reinforced her statements with more precise data and indicated that, during the summer after her first year at Howard University, the African-American worked at the McDonald’s on Central Avenue in Alameda, California, in 1983. .

Kamala Harris’ campaign stopped growing four weeks ago, according to a survey. (Credit: Gene J. Puskar / AP)

Recently, While campaigning in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump went to a McDonald’s branch and to the surprise of those present, for a few minutes, he pretended to be just another employee serving the diners.

Subsequently, He took the opportunity to criticize Kamala Harris and even assured that the Democrat was lying, since she never worked in any fast food franchise.

“I love McDonalds. I love jobs. And I think it is inappropriate when someone says everywhere that they worked at a McDonald’s (…) but they never worked at a McDonald’s,” he emphasized.

According to the website Washington Free Beacon, The resume that Kamala Harris submitted after college does not include any information about her alleged time as a McDonald’s employee.

In this regard, through a note sent by email to McDonald’s USA franchisees, the corporation assures that it lacks information to corroborate the vice president’s statements about her work history.

“We and our franchisees do not have records of all positions dating back to the early 1980s,” indicates part of the document spread on social networks, which was confirmed by the newspaper Wall Street Journal.

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