Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We Know
Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We Know
The presidential candidate has repeatedly claimed the alleged work experience in an attempt to connect with low-wage workers.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly claimed that she worked at McDonald's while getting her undergraduate degree in the 1980s. This claim has been reported by multiple reputable news outlets, but aside from Harris' own testimony, there is no independent evidence such as a photo, employment record, or confirmation from a friend or family member to verify the story. Harris has invoked the alleged McDonald's work experience throughout her political career, including in a 2024 presidential campaign ad and during a 2024 appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show." Other prominent Democrats, such as former President Bill Clinton, have also repeated the anecdote. However, some internet users have challenged the claim, with unverified reports that "McDonald's Corporate sources" have no record of Harris working at their locations. Snopes reached out to Harris' campaign and McDonald's headquarters seeking evidence to corroborate the claim, but as of the report's publication, no such proof has been uncovered. Without tangible evidence to independently confirm or debunk the story, Snopes has rated the claim "Research In Progress" as they continue to investigate.
What the fuck kind of hilarious nonsense is this
Is she planning to deploy the military against protestors and have them seize the voting machines? Or destroy the departments of Education and Labor? No? Okay, cool, she’s got my vote. Now let’s move on to talking about either (a) how to make sure she wins, or (b) how we can get better behavior out of the Democrats on Gaza and climate policy.
Get this Fox News horseshit out of here, pls and thank you
Fox ENTERTAINMENT needs to be banned
did you read the article?
came from snopes.com not foxnews.com
do fact checkers not matter to Democrats either?
Can they actually prove anyone worked at McDonalds that long ago? Aside from saving a pay stub for 40 years I don't see how one could prove or disprove such a thing, I doubt the company keeps records of every employee that far back.
She could have worked for a franchisee, too. If that was the case, a SMB owner is definitely not going to have those records after all this time
Assuming that franchise is still even open. How long does the US gov hold onto tax returns? The IRS says there's usually no need to keep them after 6 years. The best evidence they could find would probably be a coworker that corroborates the story or a photograph of Harris behind the counter working. The photo seems unlikely, and how many coworkers from 30 years ago do you remember?
I can't think of any way how I could proof the first job I had during school in the late 90's. I was working in a restaurant kitchen, peeling potatoes and stuff. You don't take photos there or keep name tags or other keepsakes. It was a shitty job, you want to forget about it, as soon as you left the premises.
Kamala Harris' job is even longer ago. 40 years is a long time to keep paystubs or something. There were no camera phones back then, no digital footprint you could recreate. That she can't produce any proof, doesn't proof anything.
Social security records.
90s is nothing, a normal person could get it in a month, one of her aids could probably get it in an hour.
Does it matter tho?
Eh, it would be fucked up if she just flat out lied, but it's hard to imagine she would lie about that.
If she proves it tho, they'll make a new stupid claim and if she doesn't prove it they'll use this as evidence that she would prove it if it wasn't true.
... who cares?
Sometimes people bounce from one job to another. College jobs don't have to be her identity.
When someone tells me they worked a specific job in college, I have never once doubted the truth of that statement. Why would anyone have reason to lie about such a thing? If it was a complete lie, you'd constantly be at risk of being exposed by a close friend who knew the truth, which is WAY WORSE for a presidential candidate. To even explore this as Snopes is pro-Trump.
Stolen McValor 🤦♂️
where did Trump work
We could check his tax returns to findohwaitaminute!
Nowhere, ever.
He works on McDonalds
Why in the hell is this even something to discuss?
ask yourself you just involved yourself in the discussion
ITT: disinformation influencers and bad faith shills, and a bunch of people not putting up with their shit
They need to find someone who actually ate one of Harris’s alleged burgers and can testify that it was at least as good as the ones Trump served in the White House—otherwise why should anyone vote for her?
A McDonald's burger from the 80s when they still used tallow for their fries and higher quality ingredients? No contest, it was better than the TrumpDonalds that got served in 2017-2020
Oh my God who cares. Donald Trump has never worked a day in his goddamn life. Frankly I could not care less what Kamala Harris' summer job was
When she's elected I hope McDonald's throws up a giant "Employee of the Month" poster. ;)
I worked for Burger King in the 80's and you'd never be able to prove that, either. I worked much longer for Sears in the 80's and I wouldn't be able to prove that, either. This is completely pointless.
I don't even know I'd be able to prove I served in the Army Reserve for six years if it weren't for my DD214.
You need a hobby.
This is just sad. Whether she lied about McDonald's or not has no bearing at all on who I will vote for in the coming election. In the grand scheme of things this is meaningless. In fact if this is literally all that can be dug up about Harris it kind of speaks highly of her.
At the end of the day we all lose cause essentially elections are coming down to whoever is the lesser of two evils and not someone you stand behind.
What a fucking non-story. "Retail giant keeps poor records of its disposable employees from FORTY FUCKING YEARS AGO". Piss off.
Holy shit who gives a fuck? Jesus christ, conservatives. Grow the fuck up. You are all are mentally 12 years old and act like it. What's next? You gonna make a big deal about something she wore once?
LOL, for a headline that sounds like something out of The Onion, I'm surprised to see that Snopes wasted a second on this.
Who GAF?
Also: let me see if I understand the shifting narrative here. I thought a few days ago, the cons were pretending to concern-troll over how Kamala DID NOT put this on her resume and now they are demanding the
long form birth certificate, oops, I mean, the pay stubs, from 40 fucking years ago?Given how many brazen fucking lies donOLD has told over the course of his "career", how does something like this even rate even if she is lying about working at McDs? I mean this guy used a Sharpie to update a fucking weather map tracking a GD hurricane, while doing the very job he is applying for right now.
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Definitely concerning when a story like this lacks solid proof, especially when it’s been repeated so often in the public eye. If Harris did work at McDonald’s, there should be some kind of evidence—employment records, a former coworker, something.
Politicians can sometimes craft narratives that fit their image, whether or not they’re rooted in reality.
But having said that, shit like this can be hard to prove and I don't really care if she lied about working at McDonalds or not. It could have been some other McJob and she may be confused.
I'm still not voting for her tho. :)
what matters is Harris said it to show solidarity to the workers in the US to garner their votes
no matter what party the candidate is from if they are willing to lie to the voters what else would they lie about
Walz overfunding police so they would manhandle protesters that are against an oil pipeline but coming out as an environmentalist is the same thing too
matters who we put in office, and they should be held to a high standard
what matters is Harris said it to show solidarity to the workers in the US to garner their votes
What a perfectly sensible reason to let Trump come to power and order the military to start shooting protestors with live ammunition
Surely, the metrics of your political decision making are totally logical
so only Republicans need to be held to a standard but not Democrats because of Trump?
not to mention Walz got the police extra funding to put the boot to protesters and under federal approval under then President Trump in a bipartisan effort
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Line_3_protests
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has not taken a firm stance on the pipeline expansion, which received federal approval under the Trump administration.[18][23]
Wait, you’re serious?
HAHAHAHAHAha 😂😂😂
If you want to call her a liar, you can drop actual evidence or shut up.
Federal regs require employers to hold employment info for three years. My corp will literally shred and burn everything past that once a month because we don’t want the liability of that shit getting out.
We’re talking something 40 years ago, and most her friends then are probably gone and hazy. McDonald’s probably doesn’t have anything either.
There’s probably no photos, especially since that was well before digital cameras being a thing. You think some rando franchise owner is going to keep photos of some rando college kid cuz they might be president some day?
It’s not surprising there’s “no evidence”. What’s surprising is that you’re making an issue of it… without evidence.
It does matter who we put in office and they should be held to a high standard.
Unfortunately, it's the fascist demagogue supported by Nazis or whoever the DNC put forward. Sooooooooo it's not much of a choice.
Also, they're politicians. They have easy tells for determining if they're lying. Just look to see if their lips are moving.
