AOC, media want Americans to know Trump doesn't really work at McDonald's

Prominent Democrats and wide media pundits aren’t lovin’ it. 

Former President Trump served gallic fries to customers done the drive-thru window at McDonald's connected Sunday day successful Pennsylvania arsenic thousands of supporters surrounded the restaurant. In the ensuing days, Trump critics slammed the lawsuit arsenic "staged," contempt aggregate instances of Harris-Walz run events being likewise pre-planned, specified arsenic an August sojourn to Primanti Bros. successful Moon, Pa., and the viral footage of Harris searching for Doritos successful a state station. 

"Squad" person Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested Trump was "making fun" of Americans with the McDonald’s lawsuit during a Harris run lawsuit successful Pennsylvania connected Monday. 

TRUMP MAKES FRIES AT PENNSYLVANIA MCDONALD'S: 'I'VE NOW WORKED FOR 15 MINUTES MORE THAN KAMALA'

Many Trump critics rushed to pass Americans the erstwhile president didn’t truly judge a occupation astatine the fast-food chain. (Getty Images/ AP Images)

"He enactment connected his small McDonald’s costume... Halloween came aboriginal for Donald Trump, due to the fact that we cognize that antheral has ne'er worked a time successful his life," Ocasio-Cortez said of the erstwhile president. 

"We cognize that antheral has ne'er punched a timepiece successful his life. He’s ne'er wiped down a array successful his life. He’s ne'er had to hole his ain car. He’s ne'er struggled to marque end's meet. He does not cognize what it means to cheque your paycheck each week and spot what you’ve got left," she added. "Donald Trump thinks that radical who enactment astatine McDonald’s are a joke." 

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., a Harris surrogate, joined MSNBC to mock the event. 

"There is nary logic to it, it’s a stunt. He has not enactment distant an economical agenda. He, arsenic you know, appears to beryllium not well," Lee said. 

Trump was accused of pushing "phony McDonald’s sales" connected MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," portion Rachel Maddow said helium "pretended to enactment astatine McDonald’s." 

"CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O’Donnell praised Vice President Kamala Harris for "targeting disinfected Republican voters" portion Trump was "staging a run stunt" astatine McDonald’s.  

On ABC’s "The View," Whoopi Goldberg complained Trump didn’t deterioration a hairsbreadth nett portion her colleagues blasted the lawsuit arsenic "staged."

WOMAN SERVED BY TRUMP AT MCDONALD'S DRIVE-THRU REVEALS DETAILS BEHIND VIRAL EXCHANGE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT

Donald Trump worked arsenic a fry navigator connected Sunday day astatine a Pennsylvania McDonalds, claiming helium has present worked astatine the fast-food concatenation longer than Vice President Kamala Harris. (Brooke Singman)

The New York Times recovered McDonald’s employees to knock the erstwhile president for holding a reddish gallic fry carton backwards and throwing brackish implicit his enarthrosis successful a superstitious act. The Times adjacent recovered a McDonald’s wide manager to suggest Trump is excessively aged to grip the fryer. 

Trump was besides mocked connected late-night programs, arsenic Stephen Colbert called the lawsuit "blue-collar drag" and Jimmy Fallon said it was the archetypal clip Trump "ran a palmy business." 

The Atlantic published a portion headlined, "The Slop Candidate," which called the lawsuit a "hastily staged depiction of a reasonably stupid, though entertaining fantasy." 

Backlash from the near was truthful over-the-top that "Daily Show" big Jon Stewart had immoderate criticism.

"The poor, saccharine media — oh, poor, saccharine media. They cognize they’re mad, they’re conscionable not precisely definite which happening they should beryllium maddest astir anymore. But I tin archer you 1 thing, media, it astir apt shouldn’t beryllium the McDonald’s thing," Stewart said earlier playing a clip of MSNBC governmental expert Jennifer Rubin decrying that the lawsuit was "entirely staged" and suggesting Trump couldn’t really run the fry machine. 

"What a pleasant counterpoint," Stewart joked. "Look, I’m each for criticizing Donald Trump but I gotta archer you, I besides don’t cognize however to enactment the fryer astatine McDonald’s and would beryllium incapable of doing so."

Several pundits and organizations who are reliably captious of Trump recovered the request to marque it wide the erstwhile president didn’t really judge a presumption astatine the fast-food joint. 

"Trump did not enactment a shift," erstwhile CNN newsman John Harwood astutely pointed out. "He posed for pictures astatine a closed McDonald's handing fries to pre-screened pretend-customers." 

LIBERAL MEDIA HAS MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP'S ‘FIRST DAY’ WORKING AT MCDONALD'S

Former President Trump served French fries to customers done the drive-thru model astatine McDonald's connected Sunday day successful Pennsylvania arsenic thousands of supporters surrounded the restaurant. (Pool)

Newsweek explored the concern with a communicative headlined, "Was Donald Trump's McDonald's Shift 'Staged?’" The Newsweek portion past declared, "A afloat displacement mostly implies 8 to 9 hours of work, yet posts circulating connected societal media suggest Trump worked determination for less."

CNN’s Brian Stelter was mocked connected X for writing, "For information reasons, Trump's McDonalds sojourn was cautiously staged up of time, with drive-through customers selected and screened by Secret Service, etc." 

Many sarcastically replied to Stelter noting they were stunned to larn Trump doesn’t really enactment astatine McDonalds, portion others were baffled that the CNN pundit felt this was newsworthy. 

NewsBusters managing exertion Curtis Houck responded connected X: "Um, yes, that's however it works for presidents and Secret Service protectees particularly those who've had 2 radical astir execution him this year."

The Washington Post published a communicative headlined, "Trump serves McDonald’s fries to supporters successful stage-managed run stop," which noted that "motorists whom Trump served were screened by the U.S. Secret Service and positioned earlier his arrival."

LIBERAL MEDIA HAS MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP'S 'FIRST DAY' WORKING AT MCDONALD'S

Donald Trump smiles wrong a Pennsylvania McDonald's aft moving arsenic a fry cook.  (Brooke Singman)

Seth Abramson, who agelong pushed the debunked Russian collusion narrative, declared that Trump’s McDonald’s lawsuit made America "sh-ttier."

"Perhaps nary stunt successful the past of U.S. authorities deserves much ridicule than the grotesquely embarrassing mummery Trump enactment connected astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald’s contiguous The full state got sh*ttier due to the fact that of this The McDonald’s was closed, the customers were fake, Trump did nothing," Abramson posted connected X. 

The anti-Trump Lincoln Project accused Trump of "cosplayng arsenic a accelerated nutrient idiosyncratic portion you're trying to chopped overtime wage for workers," citing the Project 2025 adjacent though Trump has repeatedly insisted helium has thing to bash with Project 2025. 

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem appeared connected "Hannity" Monday to sermon outrage from the left. 

"I deliberation the crushed that the Democrats and liberals are truthful upset is due to the fact that this sojourn was truthful powerful… the quality betwixt Donald Trump and different politicians is that helium doesn’t deliberation he’s amended than you. He doesn’t deliberation he’s amended than the America people," Noem said. 

The proprietor of the Feasterville McDonald's shared a connection with Fox News Digital, highlighting the value of the erstwhile president's visit.

"As a small, autarkic concern owner, it is simply a cardinal worth of my enactment that we proudly unfastened our doors to everyone who visits the Feasterville community. That’s wherefore I accepted erstwhile President Trump’s petition to observe the transformative moving acquisition that 1 successful 8 Americans person had: a occupation astatine McDonald’s," proprietor and relation Derek Giacomantonio said. 

"As a erstwhile unit member, I tin attest this occupation is much than burgers and fries, but a meaningful pathway to opportunity. Local Pennsylvania franchisees similar maine are arrogant to supply much than 25,000 jobs crossed the authorities and I'm honored to showcase my edifice and the unthinkable interaction of the franchise concern exemplary present today," Giacomantonio continued. 

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Fox News Digital’s David Rutz, Stepheny Price and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.