PATHETIC: ABC News Firefights Questioning of Kamala Harris’s McDonald’s Job

MRC Latino | September 26, 2024
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DAVID MUIR: There's another moment making news. You know former President Trump has repeatedly questioned whether Vice President Harris actually worked at McDonald's. He did so again today. The vice president was asked about this, and this is how she answered.

STEPHANIE RUHLE: Because your opponent almost every day seems to be talking about this, so, I just want to ask you, yes or no: at any point in your life, have you served two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions…

RUHLE, HARRIS IN UNISON: On a sesame seed bun.

RUHLE: …working at a McDonald’s, yes or no, that's it.

HARRIS: I have.

RUHLE: Okay. Now the other job. Now the other job.

HARRIS: But it was not a small job, like, I did the fries.

RUHLE: Okay.

HARRIS: I mean, I, you know….

RUHLE: For a small period of time. But then, let me ask about a big job…

HARRIS: But…but to your point, if you don't mind…

RUHLE: Please.

HARRIS: …before you get to the big job. It’s a- there's -- part of the reason I even talk about having worked at McDonald's is because there are people who work at McDonald's in our country who are trying to raise a fam-- I worked there as a student. I was a kid. Who work there trying to raise families and pay rent on that. And I think part of the difference between me and my opponent includes our perspective on the needs of the American people. And what our responsibility then is to meet those needs.

MUIR: Mary, it would seem the vice president clearly proud of her time at McDonald',s and looking to turn her attention to the workers who actually depend on these jobs to support their families.

BRUCE: Exactly. And Harris trying to use this experience to argue that she understands working class Americans in a way she says Trump never will. David?

MUIR: Mary Bruce with us again tonight. Mary, thank you.