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Opinion: Trump campaign hijacks McDonald's, serves up Sad Meal and large Orange Dukakis

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    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -49% Negative

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65% : Trump pretends to work at McDonald's in fabulous Dukakis-esque momentOn Sunday, the Trump campaign took over a McDonald's in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, thanks to a franchisee, Derek Giacomantonio, who agreed to close the restaurant to the public for the day.
58% : And I say that in all due respect to women, and I love women," Trump said, preparing to answer a question absolutely no one has been asking.
53% : Trump continued: "I had to tell you the shower part of it because it's true.
46% : Instead, the attendees received whatever Trump gave them.
45% : That shows, again, that Trump is vindictive, utterly self-obsessed and wildly erratic.
40% : A penis riff near the end of a presidential candidate isn't a great moveThe moment earned Trump headlines like:Trump isn't doing much to knock down concerns about his mental acuityFor a candidate who suddenly - and quite belatedly - has the media noting that he's old, not making much sense and refusing to release his medical records, telling a bawdy tale about a beloved athlete's ding-a-ling isn't what you'd call "helpful.
38% : But it fits, since Trump is not the kind of candidate anybody should want as president.
36% : Trump wasn't trying to appeal to voters who work in the fast-food or service industries.
27% : Trump tells crowd some things about Arnold Palmer's manhood
25% : (Trump wearing a McDonald's apron drew comparisons to Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis' disastrous 1988 photo-op in an M1 Abrams tank.
25% : "(I wonder if McDonald's ran a criminal-background check on Trump before letting him work there.
23% : But because Trump is the smallest person on the planet, he has to make a big to-do about it because he thinks it's a sick burn.
17% : Trump has no evidence to support claim Harris never worked at McD'sWhat made the elaborate stunt particularly ridiculous was the reason behind it.
17% : Trump used Fox town hall to mock her grieving family.
13% : Trump has claimed without evidence that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris never worked at a McDonald's when she was in college, as she has often claimed.
11% : Trump's McDonald's trip showed no empathy for minimum-wage workersAs if to hammer home that Trump's McDonald's visit was a stunt and he doesn't care about working people, Trump responded to a question about raising the minimum wage with this: "Well, I think this.
9% : Opinion:Trump's MAGA base might want to brace themselves - Harris could win"I've now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala," Trump lied, uselessly.
5% : That allowed Trump's handlers to stage-manage a fake "shift," with Trump making some fries and working the drive-thru window.

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