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The next president of the United States could be a former McDonald’s employee.

More than 13 percent of Americans, or roughly 41 million people, have worked at a McDonald’s restaurant at some point in their lives. That includes Kamala Harris, who worked at a restaurant for a summer while she was in college.

Harris mentioned her brief stint on the fryer when she joined the picket line with fast food workers in Las Vegas in 2019 and during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show in April. (Her order? “Quarter pounder with cheese and fries,” and barbecue sauce for dipping if she gets McNuggets).

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Now, the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign is nodding to her summer job to highlight her upbringing and a platform to boost American workers that stands in stark contrast to her Republican rival Donald Trump, who “has no plan to help the middle class — just more tax cuts for billionaires,” according to a recent ad.

McDonald’s is all over influential Americans’ resumes (former House Speaker Paul Ryan and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have also worked in McDonald’s restaurants), but service worker labor unions and fast food employees have been leading nationwide efforts to improve working conditions for lower-wage workers, including calls to boost the federal hourly minimum wage to at least $15.

They could soon have a powerful advocate in one of their former coworkers.

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Harris — who has earned endorsements from several influential unions, including Service Employees International Union, which supported the nationwide Fight for $15 campaign — stood with striking McDonald’s workers and protesters as she was launching her first presidential campaign.

“If we want to talk about these golden arches being a symbol of the best of America, well, the arches are falling short,” she said from Las Vegas in June 2019. “We have got to recognize that working people deserve livable wages.”

“I did the french fries and I did the ice cream,” she told workers.

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  On 8/10/2024 at 8:54 PM, Goofyboy said:
Anyone know when she will release her actual platform? Her website just asks for money.

I don’t think she has to. She has changed positions on everything she stood for via campaign statements on background. Just vibes to win. It’s working.
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Lol like there is some nuanced policy position that somehow makes a difference at this point. Jesus Christ … her fucking website.

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  On 8/10/2024 at 9:11 PM, babysdaddy said:


I don’t think she has to. She has changed positions on everything she stood for via campaign statements on background. Just vibes to win. It’s working.

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Did you get dropped on your head at some point in the past few years?

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  On 8/10/2024 at 9:35 PM, South Austin said:
Her platform is defeating the awful human being that is Donald Trump and relegating him back to irrelevance. Good enough for me.

Yeah - that’s goal number 1. I’d like to know what her other goals are as she’s going to be the leader of the US. She’s states most of the big things on the campaign trail. I’d just like to see it on her site. I’m sending angry republicans information and platforms in an effort to get them to get their heads out of their asses (some are lost - have a few that might flip).
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  On 8/10/2024 at 2:50 AM, Dbeasy said:

So, some posts on social media denigrating Walz’ military service really upset me, badly. I’m the son of a disabled vet who passed many years ago  

So, instead of blasting all the Trumpers publicly, I personally messaged each one with thoughts about why denigrating military service is unacceptable. I don’t know if it will do any good but it did wonders for my mental health. 

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Ditto. There's a new one making the rounds on Facebook today.  It really would be nice to see the Dems trot out a series of veterans at the convention to speak in support of Walls.

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This stuff with Vance and veterans shitting on Walz's service and retirement reminds me that just because someone served their country, it doesn't mean they can't be a massive cunt. Thank you for your service. You're still a massive cunt. 

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  On 8/11/2024 at 9:38 PM, mdmost said:

This stuff with Vance and veterans shitting on Walz's service and retirement reminds me that just because someone served their country, it doesn't mean they can't be a massive cunt. Thank you for your service. You're still a massive cunt. 

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I mean…yeah. 
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  On 8/11/2024 at 9:36 PM, fuggled said:

Ditto. There's a new one making the rounds on Facebook today.  It really would be nice to see the Dems trot out a series of veterans at the convention to speak in support of Walls.

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They have Buttigieg on every news channel speaking in support of him. Mark Kelly doing the same. Those are two pretty high profile veterans.

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  On 8/11/2024 at 10:00 PM, Okie State said:

Not sure if it was real, but I like the Harris Obviously sign.

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Doesn't seem to be sanctioned by the campaign, but the internet has it.

  On 8/11/2024 at 9:36 PM, fuggled said:

Ditto. There's a new one making the rounds on Facebook today.  It really would be nice to see the Dems trot out a series of veterans at the convention to speak in support of Walls.

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  On 8/11/2024 at 10:03 PM, royiv said:

They have Buttigieg on every news channel speaking in support of him. Mark Kelly doing the same. Those are two pretty high profile veterans.

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Throw in Kinzinger and some other R-adjacent veterans as well.

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  On 8/11/2024 at 9:00 PM, tx 3 putt said:

She needs to pull in some help here …

 

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Agree, this trope with "latinos" as one single voting block is ridiculous and a key reason Trump won 2016, imo. Democrats better have moved on from this failed concept long ago.

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  On 8/12/2024 at 2:06 AM, pacman said:

Agree, this trope with "latinos" as one single voting block is ridiculous and a key reason Trump won 2016, imo. Democrats better have moved on from this failed concept long ago.

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I mean, I think she knows how to win Arizona and NV Latinos. And not South Texas and South Florida Latinos. She’s actually been strong with Latinos in her polling 

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  On 8/12/2024 at 2:15 AM, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Shawn reign man Kemp, Gary the glove Payton, Sleepy Sam Perkins, Def Leppard Schrempf, Nate the assassin McMillan..... 

....we're getting the band back together! 

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Ricky Pierce, Vincent Askew

  On 8/12/2024 at 2:16 AM, YChang said:

Man those Sonics tormented my Rockets. 

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this

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  On 8/12/2024 at 2:06 AM, pacman said:

Agree, this trope with "latinos" as one single voting block is ridiculous and a key reason Trump won 2016, imo. Democrats better have moved on from this failed concept long ago.

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Wait, Wait, Wait, you mean to tell me there are groups within the group of Latino's?  All this time I thought they were one unified people with a singular goal.  

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  On 8/12/2024 at 4:04 AM, BamaATL said:

Wait, Wait, Wait, you mean to tell me there are groups within the group of Latino's?  All this time I thought they were one unified people with a singular goal.  

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to punch their old man in the face when his soccer club wins? 

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  On 8/12/2024 at 4:04 AM, BamaATL said:

Wait, Wait, Wait, you mean to tell me there are groups within the group of Latino's?  All this time I thought they were one unified people with a singular goal.  

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I’m Hispanic and I don’t really like the term Latino, but that’s just me. To me, Latinos from California are Chicanos, Latinos from Texas are Mexicanos, and Latinos from Florida are Cubans. Chicanos are Mexican but I have never heard someone from Texas call themselves that. And Mexicans and Cubans are way different from one another. 

I took a class on Latino Politics at UT and the voting+education trends were like this in the early 2000s:

Cubans - Republican (most educated) 

Mexicans - Rep/Dem Mix

Puerto Ricans - Democrat (least educated)

But this was a generalization for second generation Latinos and above, this does not include immigrants. And it was from 20 years ago so the stats should be way different today. It’s just an example to show how Latinos shouldn’t be lumped into one singular group. 

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