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yeah trump’s an idiot but don’t act like we wouldn’t all be praising harris if she did the same thing.
Legit visiting a McD’s and working with actual customers for awhile? Sure. An entirely staged photo op where nothing of the sort is done? Nah.
Having said that, I don’t view McD’s any more negatively than I already did for this. It is reasonable IMO for any presidential candidate to put in a stop to wherever. I am pretty doubtful that this particular franchise owner isn’t a Trump supporter, but I bet most of them are.
Why the fuck would anyone praise Harris for something like this? Get a fucking grip. We would be lambasting the fucking idiot who came up with such a shitty idea and Harris for being dumb enough to go along with it.
Because a politician in a suit and apron tOtAlLy screams “I struggle just like you”.
Ffs, you should delete your comment. What a shit hot take.
I’ve seen I don’t speak for everyone in this thread.
But personally I would not publicly critique Harris the same as I’ve critiqued Trump for this public stunt, because it is in my interest as a European to not have him serve a second term.
Whataboutism and a straw man in the same sentence. Smells like speed running trolling.
I can recognise the whataboutism but I can’t see where the strawman argument is.
I definitely would not. Bullshit theatre like that is cringe and a turn off no matter who does it.
One reason they did this is because Harris worked at McDonald’s in college. Agree though, it’s a… weird photo op