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'This reeks of desperation': Internet mocks 'Donald McDonald' for fast food campaign stunt (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I guess he thinks he's one upping Harris or something? Weird.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Opinion: The race isn't actually close, Harris has basically already won, but they're cooking the books for ratings.

Edit: Not sure why I'm being downvoted. I'm not saying the election is fixed or that you shouldn't vote, for the love of God don't repeat the mistake douchebags who thought "Hillary's gonna win, so I won't vote" made but.... I figured her victory was a foregone conclusion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Harris won for sure. They just need to make the rest of these idiots believe there was a REAL election, because the shadow swamps need to really make it believable.

You're the real hero here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

There is a real election.... What the fuck do you think I'm implying?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This makes me think of the time Paul Ryan broke into a homeless shelter, washed some already clean dishes, and left without saying a word to anyone.

No seriously. This happened and it was weird as shit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Very fine point.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Fake, like his fake union workers ad and his fake-patriotic chinese-made merch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Nobody believes that trump is capable of working a shift at mcdonalds or any other job. He has zero skills.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah, they should have pulled Bush out of retirement and paraded him around. Have him tell people to vote a certain way based on their skin color. Way less desperate.

Of course, Bush ACTUALLY retired and doesn't seem as thirsty for the limelight as other ex-presidents.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Doing fast food work when your are famous as a publicity stunt is desperate. One day as a pampered trainee with someone shadowing you all day is no where near the same as living day in and day out working a minimum wage fast food job, serving up shit food for customers that treat you like shit.

If i pulled up to someone doing this id laugh and ask "wtf is this" and tell them how it is. You fundamentally can't live the fast food experience when you have billions and fast food employees are trying to figure out how to get by when they make minimum wage and never get enough hours to get any benefits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

It is trainig for probation and work release.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

There's a show, maybe on CNBC, where CEO's put on a disguise and work as fresh hire trainees at their own companies. They talk candidly to their co-workers and either fire their ass, or give them thousands of dollars to accomplish their dreams, maybe pay for education. I have no idea how authentic it is, but I imagine if Trump did this show it would be him who was fired at the end. And then arrested for reckless endangerment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Like all reality TV, it's more fake and staged than fictional TV.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Undercover Boss, and it's the most Corpoproganda thing you've ever seen. Tried watching an episode, they fired a guy for being addicted to drugs and talking shit about the boss for "Not knowing what it means to struggle"

The boss proved it by firing him. Didn't offer him drug consueling, didn't pay for rehab, nothing, and the way they edited it made it look like she was doing him a favor.

Complete clown show.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah. I figured. I mostly hate reality show dreck, but the idea of him in it amuses me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yus.... He would not have been allowed only to enter because of his unprofessional blabbering

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

It was supposedly 15m, but I think that may be an exaggeration just like every thing else this broke ass sob I bragging about

They also closed the whole restaurant so that only Republicans that were screened first could come to the restaurant.

He took orders (I don't know if it was plural) in the drive through. The people filmed, and asked him to raise the minimum wage, but you know how he answers questions when hes on his adhd meds.

It was a glorified photoshoot, I wonder if it cost extra money to be allowed the privilege to attend and maybe have his dandruff in your fries

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But that wasn't even what happened. The store was closed lmao. He made a batch of fries and fucked off. I honestly can't believe he even agreed to this outside of that he probably got free McDonald's.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This mcdonald's was not owned by mcdonald's. It was a franchisee who owned the restaurant. One that has actively publicly campaigned against increasing the minimum wage. Now you know why it was allowed to happen there

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't think as a franchise owner you can just use the McDonald's name, or can you?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That franchise owner is 100% going to catch heat for allowing this to happen without a corpo stamp of approval.

Good. Fuck 'em.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

“McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next President. We are not red or blue – we are golden.”

suuuuurrrreee

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

"We are for corpo tax breaks".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You may very well be correct, but do you not think this person thinks (I hate putting the two following words next to each other) president trump will protect him? Of course the incontinent orangutan doesn't give a flying 🦆 if people who lick his 🍑 gets in trouble on his behalf

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago (3 children)

HOW IS THIS A CLOSE RACE

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How is he even in the race?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Lots of people didn't want to do their jobs. Sometimes I feel our whole government is just a giant grift.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

My thoughts exactly, until I drove through Georgia and saw all the flags. I'm terrified.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I already don't eat there and now I wish I could eat there less; that man is gross.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Harris has those same numbers a week ago, and headlines were still trash talking her. So what?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Man I hate these fucking headlines. The race is insanely close and news headlines like this aren't helping that. It just helps reinforce Trump's narrative that media outlets are irrationally out to smear him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

It’s not really “media outlets” there are about a half dozen of these places “raw story” being one of the biggest offenders that sensationalize absolutely everything that Trump does. I’m pretty sure that they are AI generated at this point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

This is the taco bowl meme all over again, lol.

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