McDonald’s corporation admits in internal memo they are missing records to verify Kamala Harris employment
McDonald’s has finally revealed why it does not have records to verify vice president Kamala Harris claim that she worked at one of its restaurants in the 1980s.
In an email memo to McDonalds USA franchisees, the company confirmed that while Harris had ‘fond memories’ of working at a location in Alameda County, ‘we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the early ’80s.’
A copy of the internal letter was posted by an anonymous McDonald’s franchisee on social media and confirmed by the Wall Street Journal.
During a rally with fast food workers in 2019, Harris said she used to work at McDonald’s in college.
In April 2024, Harris repeated her claim that she ‘did fries’ at the restaurant during an interview with the Drew Barrymore show.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris remains unable to provide evidence that she worked at McDonald’s as former President Donald Trump repeatedly claims that she lied about it.
The Harris campaign has stated that Harris worked at the Central Avenue McDonald’s location in Alameda, California, in 1983 during the summer after her freshman year at Howard University.
However, the campaign has been unable to provide evidence to prove the vice president’s claim, such as a photo, a pay stub, or a fellow employee that can confirm her employment.
Employees at the franchise in Alameda, California told the Telegraph, they have been ordered by the owner not to speak about Harris to reporters trying to verify her employment.
The Harris campaign has used her claim about a job at McDonald’s to demonstrate her working class credentials.
‘You have a vice president who always thought of the middle class…when she was in college she had a job at McDonald’s while she was getting her degree,’ Deputy Communications Director Brooke Goren told reporters at the Democratic National Committee in June. Another staffer referred to her journey from McDonalds to the vice presidency as ‘the incarnation of the American dream.’
Trump was all smiles as he worked the drive-through line during his visit to a McDonald’s restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania on October 20, 2024
Workers smiled as they posed with Trump at the McDonald’s restaurant
Trump has focused on Harris’ claim of working at McDonald’s, suggesting she lied about it.
The former president visited a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Sunday, putting on an apron, and made several batches of French fries in the kitchen before serving food to customers at the drive-thru service window.
‘I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala at McDonald’s,’ he told reporters and customers after his visit.
The message from McDonald’s said the business ‘does not endorse candidates for elected office.
It allowed Trump to make his visit because its ‘core values’ to ‘open our doors to everyone.’
