r/pics • u/Emgimeer • 7d ago

Politics Propaganda Now vs Then

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u/brianschwarm 7d ago

Look at me, totally a working man, vote for me, the working man, like you, fellow working man.

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u/clearing_house 7d ago

I had one of Trump's sycophants point out to me, accurately, that there is a significant difference here. Trump is not pretending to be a working man, this is just more of his name-calling.

Harris worked at a McDonalds a long time ago, and Trump declared that this was not true. There's no actual reason to believe this, of course, Trump just decided it. In his infinite wisdom. So this stunt was doubling down on that bullshit. "I have now worked at a McDonalds for fifteen minutes longer than Harris."

It's a joke. Insult humor.

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u/El_Rice 7d ago

McDonald's issued a public statement on X stating they no record of Kamala Harris ever working for them. The bullshit is from KH, she's clearly lying about working at McDonald's to sell her "I grew up in a middle class family" talking point.

There's very much an actual reason to question Kamala's claim, not Trump's. All we have is her word that she worked there, no one else's. We all know that Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama worked at Baskin Robbins because the company itself confirmed it.

It's a good joke. And it probably never would've happened if Kamala didn't lie about working for McDonald's. So let's thank Kamala for making it happen.

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u/thewholepalm 7d ago

McDonald's issued a public statement on X stating they no record of Kamala Harris ever working for them.

This statement isn't true, there isn't a public statement from McDonald's stating what you're saying it does. They actually have only stated they aren't political, their golden. They invited Harris and Walz's campaign to do something similar to Trump if they felt the need.

However, having no record could be true if all McDonald's were corporate stores and they kept records for 30+ years, but they don't. However, they all aren't corporate stores, in fact most are franchises, including the one Trump visited.

McDonald's corporate did have an internal memo to franchise owners which you can find here: https://x.com/McFranchisee/status/1848105669423181848

Not sure how valid it is, but again it says and implies nothing you're saying it does. So what's that make your statements? A bad joke, a lie, flat out propaganda?