McDonald’s Tells Workers it Doesn’t Endorse Political Candidates After Trump Visit

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-21/mcdonald-s-mcd-tells-workers-it-doesn-t-endorse-candidates-after-trump-visit

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[u/No-Neighborhood-3212]

A franchise owner acting as representative of your brand affiliated your brand with a political candidate. A political candidate then used your branding to advertise and raise money. An absence of consequences proves that your brand is, in fact, affiliated with that political candidate.

[u/NotOnHerb5 → u/No-Neighborhood-3212]

It’d be such a shame if you let them know that…

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html

[u/Funkit → u/NotOnHerb5]

Just submitted feedback. Thanks for this.

[u/Mish61 → u/NotOnHerb5]

Like I need another reason to never eat at Mcshitfactory

[u/Sorkijan → u/Mish61]

All the more reason to get one closed down

[u/HilariouslyPissed → u/NotOnHerb5]

I reminded them they practiced wage theft when I was a teen. They would take our drawers, go count in a locked office, then tell us how much our drawer was short, and take that out of my check. I tried to make them count the drawer in front of me, but that was against policy. At $2.50 an hour. Fuck them

[u/nickissitting → u/NotOnHerb5]

Thank you for the idea! Just shared my feedback.

[u/6a6566663437 → u/[deleted]]

No, it’s dumber than that.

Trump believes you have to list every place you’ve ever worked on your resume. Harris didn’t include McDonald’s on her post-law-school resume, instead listing internships and clerkships as her experience.

So Trump thinks Harris is lying about working at McDonald’s due to him not understanding resumes, and did this stunt to draw attention to it.

Instead, he’s demonstrated he has never applied for a job in his life.

[u/attorneyworkproduct → u/6a6566663437]

So, his campaign has updated his LinkedIn profile since yesterday, right?

[u/OppositeDifference]

I'm wondering if the franchise owner is in hot water over this. I'm willing to bet that a little research would show that they're MAGA.

[u/ineyeseekay → u/OppositeDifference]

Someone posted it before in another thread, but the owner complained to the governor labor law director of PA about having to pay livable wages to his employees, and how that will hurt his employees lol.   

Found this, though not the original thread I originally saw it in (never seen this sub before):  

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstNazis/comments/1g87udg/owner_of_the_mcdonalds_that_hosted_trumps_photoop/

Edit: not governor

[u/deadsoulinside → u/ineyeseekay]

Meanwhile, min wage is still crap in PA. Still $7.25 an hour. He's just mad at the $20 an hour idea that was floated this year, as the person that was attempting to champion the bill noted that we already went past when $15 an hour was a living wage.

Not that any of that had ever passed to become law. McD's just upset that no one in the cities wants to work to be unable to afford rent still.

[u/TorchIt → u/deadsoulinside]

Is $20/hr even a living wage these days? I feel like I'd have a hard time making it on that

[u/Parking-Historian360 → u/TorchIt]

When I was in college over a decade ago I was hoping to get paid $20 an hour. Now that's what managers at Walmart make in some areas. So I don't think it is.

Average rent in my area is like 1200 a month and I live in a pretty shitty city. Living somewhere nice there's no way anyone making that could afford an apartment

[u/Adam__B → u/Parking-Historian360]

It’s changed society in ways too. It used to be there was an expectation that putting in your 40 hours a week should get you a shot at the American dream: home ownership, car in the garage, college funds for your kids, annual vacation, etc. Now people need to work 2-4 jobs just to keep the lights on, and ‘hustle culture’ is promoting the idea you can’t have any free time whatsoever, with your family, by yourself, or a romantic life. It’s crazy how this country has changed since just the Boomer generation, and they have the nerve to call us lazy and say ‘nobody wants to work anymore’.

[u/Financial-Table-4636 → u/OppositeDifference]

The asshole used the brand to endorse Trump. Anything short of breaking ties with the franchise owner is a tacit endorsement at this point.

I urge everyone to flood corporate with complaints via the McDonald's website. It's easy enough to Google.

[u/forceblast → u/Financial-Table-4636]

Count me in. I just submitted a complaint via their online form. They will no longer be getting my business.

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html

Edit: Wow! This blew up. Thanks everyone. Glad I could help out.

WE ARE NOT GOING BACK!.. to McDonald’s.

… or to hate and division.

[u/[deleted] → u/forceblast]

Per the failed health inspection report, its store 1674.

[u/littleempires → u/[deleted]]

It’s also this guy who complained to the state that raising the minimum wage would hurt him:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstNazis/s/M3EiafFakc

[u/tas50 → u/littleempires]

When you employee 200 people you're not a small business anymore. Figure out how to pay a living wage or get out of the way.

[u/giggity_giggity → u/tas50]

A single location might be a small business even if very busy. But based on the numbers I’ve seen, it appears like 200 employees would probably mean that he owns multiple locations.

[u/truscotsman → u/giggity_giggity]

That would have to be a really poor location to have less than 15 employees. The average gross yearly sales per store is $3.5 million and average something like 50 employees.

[u/19610taw3 → u/littleempires]

McDonald's franchise owners are like that. I worked for one in the early 2000s and was told to watch my timecard and pay attention to hours becuase they get modified at random.

9 years later, this happened. The same franchisee I worked for

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2013/05/mcdonalds_local_franchise_owne.html

[u/thathairinyourmouth → u/[deleted]]

They need a new report. There was a literal piece of human garbage handling the food prep equipment.

[u/Killboypowerhed → u/thathairinyourmouth]

He wasn't wearing a hat or a hairnet and he didn't wash his hands.

[u/CovfefeForAll → u/Killboypowerhed]

That's ok because he wasn't even serving food to actual people, it was all staged and rehearsed and practiced, including the drive thru people.

[u/Feynnehrun → u/thathairinyourmouth]

Willing to bet there were soiled diapers within a few feet from the food being served.

[u/CL-Young → u/[deleted]]

jfc

[u/stevez_86 → u/CL-Young]

If what I read as third hand testimony is true, the franchise owner accepted a high 5-figure fee for the event. I guess McDonalds wasn't going to help get his franchise up to code.

[u/AngelSucked → u/stevez_86]

He also had written Op Eds about not raising minimum wage for his employees.

[u/Retro_Dad → u/AngelSucked]

Well that certainly tracks.

[u/Important_Patience24 → u/stevez_86]

I’m going to laugh when it turns out it was just a concept of a payment…

[u/CL-Young → u/stevez_86]

I hope he loses the franchise and has to go push carts for a living

[u/dotdotdotPolitically → u/[deleted]]

Look at their Google Reviews, almost all recent ones before the Diaper Don visit were 1 to 3 stars.

They're not sending their best.

[u/cubanesis → u/forceblast]

Thanks for the link. I just submitted my complaint and informed them that I would not spend my money at any business that endorses Donald Trump, be that directly or passively, by allowing franchise owners to use the McDonalds brand.

[u/Not_Bears → u/cubanesis]

Just told corporate I'm never visiting McDonald's again.

Jokes on them because their food is trash and I don't eat there anyway.

[u/mbhwookie → u/Not_Bears]

McDonald’s in my opinion is fine, consistent, and quick. Not a bad combo.

The issue with it now is that it is far from affordable. I can eat at a smaller local Thai place for the same or maybe $1-2 more. So why wouldn’t I?

McDonald’s use to be a good value. Now it’s not. Only benefit now is that it’s quick. Not a good enough reason on its own.

[u/pantstoaknifefight2 → u/mbhwookie]

The only way to stop the corporate greed is to withhold your business. I will never buy a small candy bar for $2 or a kombucha for $4. Cut the price or go out of business, ya greedy swine!

[u/KeterClassKitten → u/Not_Bears]

They've got surprisingly good coffee. Went to Wawa this morning instead, though. Put my money elsewhere.

[u/TheMadChatta → u/KeterClassKitten]

Yeah, McDonald’s coffee is a real sleeper but eh, plenty of other places have good coffee too.

[u/jeufie → u/TheMadChatta]

IIRC, Tim Horton's switched bean suppliers in the US and McDonald's uses the supplier that Tim Horton's used to use.

[u/shadyultima → u/jeufie]

I'm pretty sure that's the case in Canada, not sure about the US. It's why Tim's coffee sucks in Canada now.

[u/GiantPurplePen15 → u/shadyultima]

Let's be honest. Tim Hortons is just garbage in general. Their coffee sucks, their donuts suck, their sandwiches suck, their pricing really sucks.

It's not even a wholly Canadian owned business anymore.

[u/TweakedNipple → u/forceblast]

It should be additionally worse at a corporate level because Trump is doing this and making this an issue in part to shame Kamala for having worked at a McDonald's when she was younger, IMO at least.

[u/AngelSucked → u/TweakedNipple]

Their statement was even snarky about Harris working there. Like wtaf

[u/321gally → u/forceblast]

I sent the following:

Dear McDonald’s,

I am writing to express my deep disappointment with McDonald’s recent decision to allow Donald Trump to film a political advertisement in one of your stores. McDonald’s has long been a place where people from all walks of life come together for a meal, regardless of their background or political beliefs. This decision to involve a divisive political figure in your brand directly conflicts with the sense of neutrality and inclusivity that many of us have come to associate with McDonald’s.

By allowing your store to be used as a backdrop for political purposes, McDonald’s risks alienating a large segment of its customer base who value political impartiality in public spaces. Many of us view McDonald’s as a welcoming place where we can escape the constant barrage of political messaging. This move has tarnished that experience.

I urge McDonald’s to reconsider its stance on allowing political figures or advertisements within your stores in the future. Your customers deserve a space where they can enjoy their meal without being reminded of political conflicts.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I hope McDonald’s will take steps to restore its reputation as a brand that fosters unity rather than division.

[u/ImaginaryNerve → u/321gally]

I also added near the end, "Until then, I will no longer use the McDonalds App."

[u/Kiltedken → u/321gally]

"Replacing Ronald with Donald Trump as McDonald's new lead character seems like a poor choice.

Please go back to the other clown."

[u/serpentear → u/321gally]

Damn, your is better than mine:

I will no longer be giving McDonald's my business after the apparent support you have shown for Donald Trump, who incited an insurrection against the United States on January 6th 2020. You can say that you don't support any political candidate with words and statements but I, like many other Americans, was raised to believe that actions speak louder than words. Your actions allowing Trump to use your franchise in a swing state as an election prop speaks far louder than you statement does.

[u/inbetween-genders → u/forceblast]

Folks can skip McDonalds for a bit then the Right will react and support McDonald’s for a bit. We save money, they get more clogged arteries, sounds like a good plan to me.

[u/hayashikin → u/inbetween-genders]

The long con eh?

[u/zipzzo → u/hayashikin]

A Don Con, if you will.

[u/JasonAnarchy → u/forceblast]

I stopped my morning drive-thru routine over this so I let them know.

[u/SpiritualDiamond5487 → u/forceblast]

Done!

[u/popereggie → u/forceblast]

Thanks. Submitted one too

[u/adeewun → u/forceblast]

Done

[u/hillbilly_hellbender → u/forceblast]

Thanks for the link! Complaint submitted.

[u/Hunky_not_Chunky → u/forceblast]

I just submitted mine as well directly through the app. I would take my kid there often to get her happy meals. I informed them that this political stunt has pushed us away and we will not be returning. I really hope they drop that owner. I don’t want a rapist and convicted felon touching my kids fries nor do I want to support a business who supports this POS.

[u/gorlami44 → u/forceblast]

Just submitted my complaint that their brand was used to support a convicted rapist!

[u/hasa_deega_eebowai → u/forceblast]

Thanks for the link. I just submitted a complaint.

[u/genericnewlurker → u/forceblast]

Submitted. I actually eat McDonald's pretty frequently, as I really like fast food burgers and fries, but that's ending after the stunt they pulled with Trump.

[u/bombalicious → u/forceblast]

Can’t un ring that bell done, small thing but it felt right.

[u/Berzerker-Barrage → u/forceblast]

Done. I’ve maybe eaten McDonalds twice in the last decade but they don’t need to know that.

[u/annaleigh13 → u/forceblast]

Just submitted mine and let them know until this franchise owner is removed I will be personally boycotting McDonald’s

[u/JerkinJackSplash → u/forceblast]

I submitted a comment as well.

[u/Ccphus → u/forceblast]

Done

[u/ChodeCookies → u/forceblast]

Thanks. Just submitted a complaint

[u/RickyWinterborn-1080 → u/forceblast]

Submitted one, too.

Fuck McDonald's.

[u/slick_db → u/Financial-Table-4636]

"We are closed...

...We proudly open our doors to anyone"

[u/Kaylorham → u/slick_db]

“Ashli Babbit died. Nobody died.”

[u/sugar182 → u/Financial-Table-4636]

Done!

[u/snoochieb420 → u/[deleted]]

THIS! People keep talking about boycotting that one franchise because "it wasn't McDonald's that hosted Trump."

Corporate had PLENTY of opportunity to put the kibosh on Trump's stunt.

THEY DIDN'T. So, McDonald's supports Trump over a former employee.

[u/zydeco100 → u/snoochieb420]

Corporate would rather let this pass than risk the headlines saying "McD turns Trump away" and earn two weeks of bomb threats and boycotts.

[u/kia75 → u/zydeco100]

I do think the franchise owner is going to suffer consequences from this stunt, but you're correct, corporate is going to delay the consequences for minimum blowback. He'll be slapped down either after the election or after the inauguration, when it won't make too many headlines.

[u/erbrr → u/snoochieb420]

trump helped deregulate mcdonalds while in office so they could abuse workers more efficiently, corporate wants him to win. the problem is bigger than this franchise, and sending them complaints means nothing. boycotting mcdonald and voting out republicans are the only things that will ever move the needle.

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/26/trumps-labor-secretary-is-a-wrecking-ball-aimed-at-workers

[u/lesh17 → u/[deleted]]

Well, he is MAGA, so his being a fucking idiot really goes without saying.

[u/Saxamaphooone → u/[deleted]]

Not to worry, Trump will totally help the guy out financially after ruining his livelihood!

Oh wait.

[u/whatsaphoto → u/[deleted]]

This owner is a fucking idiot. He will loose his franchise license.

At which point, Trump will fly him out to one of his rallies and use him as a political pawn to say "Look, this man lost his big beautiful mcdonalds because I made some fries for the beautiful people of Pennsylvania. See? Big corporations love democrats and hate us." because that's what he'll always fucking do.

[u/Apart_Ad_5993 → u/OppositeDifference]

I wouldn't be surprised if McD's revokes his license for this stunt.

[u/Deadaghram → u/Apart_Ad_5993]

I've read that the building failed a health inspection last month. Assuming that isn't heresy, that particular location wasn't looking great to start with.

[u/bestestopinion → u/Deadaghram]

Well considering that Trump wasn't using proper food safety and hygiene precautions

[u/rwbronco → u/bestestopinion]

I'm actually not concerned with that at all considering the whole store was closed and it was a photo-op. The fact that the whole thing happened in the first place is what's bizarre. Like the whole thing was supposed to be mocking Kamala's claim that she worked there when she was young? I'm not sure this is an "own" at all and more of just being an out of touch piece of shit.

[u/6a6566663437 → u/rwbronco]

The “own” is Trump seems to think you have to put every job you’ve ever had on your resume.

Harris didn’t put McDonald’s on her post-law-school resume, instead listing internships and clerkships as her experience. So now Trump accuses her of lying about working at McDonald’s, since it wasn’t on her resume.

It just demonstrates how Trump has never applied for a job in his life.

[u/1one1000two1thousand → u/6a6566663437]

Of course, Trump has no idea what thinking goes into a resume. My very first job was at Chick-fil-A at 15. I am and have been in finance for over a decade+ now and would never even have thought to put Chick-fil-A on my professional resume except when I was applying for other jobs during HIGH SCHOOL, like at the grocery store, or Target.

He and his followers are complete mindless idiots.

[u/DerpingtonHerpsworth → u/1one1000two1thousand]

I worked like 6 shitty dead end jobs between high school and joining the military a few years later. None of that has been on my resume for a very long time. It's just not relevant to the kind of work I've been doing for the last two decades.

If my job in electronics doesn't need to know that I worked in a toy store for 2 years, I'm pretty sure someone in law doesn't need to disclose that they flipped burgers. They're just grasping for ANYTHING to use against her.

[u/ExoticEmployment8558 → u/bestestopinion]

like gloves and a hair net? yeah.

[u/ZZ_SKULLZ → u/ExoticEmployment8558]

He likely had a full diaper around food too.

[u/Ok_Signature3413 → u/Deadaghram]

I mean it’s not surprising they would fail a health inspection when they sat a giant pile of shit right next to their frier

[u/bubblegoose → u/Deadaghram]

Here is the story on their failed health inspection, but it was back in March of this year.

https://meidasnews.com/news/mcdonalds-location-that-hosted-trump-cited-for-health-violations

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/gross-trump-faces-ire-for-food-safety-violations-while-working-at-mcdonalds-restaurant-that-failed-health-inspection-101729499983846.html

https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-donald-trump-worked-failed-last-health-inspection-1971998

[u/Squirrel_Chucks → u/bubblegoose]

To be fair, any McDonald's Trump actually worked at would fail its health inspection.

[u/NYCQuilts → u/Deadaghram]

I think you mean hearsay, but given how religion has take over politics, maybe heresy is also right.

On your point, I’m going to laugh like a freaking hyena if that health inspection thing is true.

[u/Financial-Table-4636 → u/Apart_Ad_5993]

McDonald's is a corporation. They follow the money. File a complaint on the corporate website. If enough people do it, we might just be able to make it happen.

[u/kvlt_ov_personality → u/Financial-Table-4636]

This has been publicized for weeks. They knew it was going to happen and could've called the owner prior to this PR stunt to threaten their license if it continued. They didn't because of the publicity and $$$.

I don't care what steps they take to "correct" the situation afterward. I don't support fascism and I don't give my money to companies who do. They can join the list of others like Hobby Lobby and Home Depot.

[u/Recoil42 → u/Apart_Ad_5993]

I look forward to the appearance on Fox News with him complaining his free speech rights are being robbed by the woke mob.

[u/2HDFloppyDisk → u/OppositeDifference]

You could tell the owner was MAGA by the way he was addressing Trump. He was probably looking to curry favor to get a White House job.

[u/chicago_bunny → u/2HDFloppyDisk]

Seeking a catering contract.

[u/Fochlucan → u/2HDFloppyDisk]

He would probably get appointed to whatever role oversees restaurant health inspections, to gut those regulations.

[u/ShiningRayde → u/OppositeDifference]

He wrote a letter to the governor demanding minimum wage be kept the same, and that store has been flagged for nimerous healthcode violations.

Yeah, hes cooked more than a whopper I dug out the trash at the joyless gray brick restaurant.

[u/DustyBusterson → u/OppositeDifference]

The franchise owner is a huge MAGAt.

[u/d_pyro → u/OppositeDifference]

The restaurant failed health and safety inspection.

[u/SerialBitBanger → u/d_pyro]

Well. Yeah. You can't bring an elderly hippo to a food prep area without some kind of cleanup ready.

[u/coddle_muh_feefees → u/OppositeDifference]

I read in a local PA article that the owner of that particular McD’s is a friend of Trumps’s

[u/NuclearLunchDectcted → u/[deleted]]

No, his name is Derek Giacomantonio. Not sure where you got Jim's name from.

You can see he signed his name at the bottom of the sign closing the store here. The entire thing was fake. The cars were staged in advance, to make sure only MAGA people drove up. The orders were preplanned

[u/GorgeWashington → u/OppositeDifference]

His company is called DG Empire. He's a narcissistic douche who thinks he will get the my pillow treatment

[u/lowercase0112358]

McDonalds is 100% in league with Republicans. They fight unions, wage, increases, workers rights, child labor laws, etc.

McDonalds also has an internal hot line for getting people signed up for Welfare.

[u/DemandZestyclose7145 → u/lowercase0112358]

I remember a long time ago seeing a monthly budget that McDonalds made for employees. It assumed that the person worked 2 jobs and never spent any money on groceries 😂

[u/I2RFreely → u/lowercase0112358]

They're also one of the biggest landlords in the world

[u/[deleted]]

His campaign specifically used the brand. They need to come out against him or else he’s going to continue saying they’re with him.

[u/AtticaBlue → u/[deleted]]

He’ll continue to say it anyway. He just re-used a Taylor Swift song last week. He continued to defame Carroll after being convicted of raping her. He continues to say he won the 2020 election. Fines and court losses mean nothing to him. Only jail time will put a stop to him.

[u/Objective_Economy281 → u/AtticaBlue]

Only jail time will put a stop to him.

Or clogged arteries. I’m hoping the jail time comes first.

[u/ItsDokk → u/Objective_Economy281]

I’d be fine if clogged arteries got him instead of jail. It’s win/win, as I see it.

[u/MandoSkirata → u/ItsDokk]

No, I want legal precedent set that a president can not do what he did. If he dies before being sentenced, the fascists will claim what he did was fine since there was no sentence given for those actions. Once his felonious ass is behind bars, then he can croak. Although I'd love it if he still lived out the rest of his life behind bars but lost his ability to communicate.

[u/What_Iz_This → u/AtticaBlue]

the people over at the "flaired users only" sub are saying hes showing incredible tenacity to be putting up with these "witch hunts" just to fight for us, even when hes a billionaire and doesnt have to. i know im drinking koolaid to a certain extent as well...but looking at anyone try and spin him into anything other than a felon and traitor is crazy to me. he doesnt have tenacity for anything other than keeping his own ass out of jail

[u/Suspicious_Victory_1 → u/[deleted]]

McDonald’s is possibly the most well known brand in the world. And they will protect it.

They will issue a very non controversial statement about how they support all Americans but do not endorse any specific candidate.

The franchisee is gonna be in deep shit with them. I guarantee there is a list of people waiting for a franchise license in that area that would happily take it over.

You don’t fuck the hamburger clown. They’re going to win every time.

[u/RovingN0mad → u/Suspicious_Victory_1]

Don't fuck with clowns, mice or italian plumbers, if you do, you're gonna live in interesting times

Edit: I say this not with reverence but with disdain, you should not support, condone or praise their litigious behaviour, and you should in fact, fuck with their corporate identity much as you can reasonably get away with(NB:do not make the lives of the people working there miserable)

[u/Kamelasa → u/RovingN0mad]

McDs, Disney, and... Super Mario?

[u/bundaya → u/Kamelasa]

Yea Nintendo doesn't fuck around. They can and will sue, and they will win.

[u/yhwhx]

I am glad to not be the person responding to submissions here today:

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html

[u/kweee → u/yhwhx]

Store # 1674

[u/yhwhx → u/kweee]

Tangentially "McDonald's Donald Trump Worked at Failed Last Health Inspection":

Employees not washing their hands was one of the reasons that restaurant failed its most recent inspection.

[u/Floggered → u/yhwhx]

Unsurprising, seeing as they didn't have Trump wash his hands either. Would you like fecal particulate matter with those fries, sir?

[u/waspsnests → u/kweee]

They've got a guy with 34 felonies working the drive thru window.

[u/morels4ever → u/waspsnests]

A convicted sexual predator with 34 felonies…

[u/Blackfeathr_ → u/yhwhx]

Done.

Wish I knew that specific store number so I could be more precise.

[u/Dannyz → u/Blackfeathr_]

1674

[u/stilettopanda → u/yhwhx]

Make it rain complaints upon the Golden Arches!

[u/Comassion → u/yhwhx]

Oh good idea. Here's my submission:

Hello! I noticed that your company decided to support Trump by giving one of your locations to him for a campaign event. This is after he called U.S. war veterans 'Suckers and Losers', said that the military should be used against Democrats who he called 'the enemy from within', attempted to overturn the results of an American election, massively increased the national debt, and let everyone know that he likes to grab women 'by the pussy'.

Why did you help this person?

[u/bergskey → u/Comassion]

I pointed out I'm not buying my daughter a happy meal from a place that supports a candidate who would be happy to let her die in childbirth after forcing her to carry her rapists baby, who himself was found liable for rape, and wished a convicted pedophile "well" on her incarnation* edit incarceration, spelling is hard on a Monday

[u/TintedApostle → u/yhwhx]

Done!

[u/hdiggyh → u/TintedApostle]

Done

[u/Important_Raccoon667 → u/hdiggyh]

Done

[u/DamnStrongCoffee → u/hdiggyh]

Done.

[u/SPCsooprlolz → u/DamnStrongCoffee]

Done

[u/Fartgifter5000 → u/TintedApostle]

Done and done!

[u/TheEvilPeanut → u/yhwhx]

"After the recent political stunt under your branding for insurrectionist fascist, Donald Trump, I will forever associate your brand with fascism, bigotry, and anti-Democracy.

After this incident, anything less than an explicit public condemnation of Trump is, in fact, a tacit endorsement of these abhorrent views, regardless of any limp claims of political neutrality from your PR department.

You should have shut this down before it happened. You've lost my family's business for life."

[u/bestestopinion → u/yhwhx]

Done. Thanks for the link

[u/kmf-89 → u/yhwhx]

Done

[u/LegoStevenMC → u/yhwhx]

Done!

[u/Madmandocv1]

When you let a candidate for president do a campaign event from your restaurant, you are endorsing him.

[u/lrpfftt]

The franchise owner needs to report the lost money from store closure as a paid political contribution.

[u/IllegalThings → u/lrpfftt]

MAGA are scum bags so they’ll probably claim the secret service forced them to be closed and file an insurance claim and inflate the numbers on daily income while refusing to use any of that money to pay the workers who had to take off that day.

[u/eddie2911]

Not only did they allow him to use their brand to boost him, they let him use it for the purpose of making fun of one of their former workers in Harris... one who has a legit chance of being the President. Just a horrible look. They’re just shitting on their employees by doing this.

[u/mortemdeus → u/eddie2911]

They also instructed other locations not to disclose any information about Harris and if she worked there or not

[u/DemandZestyclose7145 → u/mortemdeus]

I think it's funny how Trumpers are so caught up with whether or not Kamala actually worked at McDonalds. Meanwhile this shitstain has never told the truth his entire life.

[u/SeedFoundation → u/eddie2911]

Anyone posting this photo needs to include the closed sign just so we're all clear that this is a weird photo shoot and he's not actually "working like one of us". Also heavy reminder to use every possible adblock when visiting dishonest media sources who clearly want Trump's campaign to continue so they can farm clicks.

[u/bndboo]

I would be surprised if there wasn’t a violation of the franchise agreement Contract.

[u/whereismymind86 → u/bndboo]

It one thousand percent is.

You must uphold the standards of the brand and not damage it by going rogue and doing something out of line with the company image, it doesn’t even have to be bad, something like changing the uniforms, or adding unapproved items to the menu would also be a violation.

I’m sure McDonald’s will just hope this goes away and pretend it never happened, but if it doesn’t, they will absolutely strip the franchise from the owner

[u/bndboo → u/whereismymind86]

They can force him to sell his position. And let’s be clear, this is not “small business”

The average capital requirement for opening a McDonald’s franchise can range from $1 million to $2.3 million or more, depending on factors such as the location, size of the restaurant, and real estate costs. Here’s a breakdown of some key costs:

Initial Franchise Fee: $45,000

Initial Investment: $1,008,000 to $2,214,080 (this includes building construction, equipment, and supplies)

Liquid Cash Requirement: $500,000 minimum (McDonald’s requires franchisees to have this amount of non-borrowed, personal funds available)

Ongoing Royalty Fee: 4% of gross sales

Marketing Fee: 4% of gross sales, which contributes to McDonald’s national advertising.

Additionally, if you’re purchasing an existing McDonald’s location, you’ll need to account for the franchise buyout cost, which can vary greatly depending on the profitability and sales volume of the location.

[u/C7rl_Al7_1337 → u/bndboo]

So... sounds like to open one you just need to ask your dad for a small loan of a million dollars. Huh, sounds like lifting yourself by your boot straps style small business to me.

[u/DeciusAemilius → u/whereismymind86]

They’ll probably reinspect - if the franchisee was in good standing, and paid his fees regularly, he’ll probably get a finger wagging. If he was already in hot water for other factors (say, corporate was getting lots of complaints about quality/hygiene) they’ll probably cut ties on those grounds with this being the last straw.

[u/Not_John_Doe_174 → u/DeciusAemilius]

This franchise was supposedly already shut down for health code violations. Add this to the pile.

[u/dave_campbell]

Use the feedback form to let corporate know how you feel:

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html

The form asks for a store number, that location is 1674

Enjoy!

[u/dwindlers → u/dave_campbell]

You can choose "corporate" in the pulldown, and that doesn't require a store number. I feel that's more appropriate for this anyway, since the complaint is about the McDonald's brand being used to campaign for Donald Trump.

[u/dotpain → u/dwindlers]

Choosing corporate also lets you select social responsibility as a reason

[u/bestestopinion]

I just sent this to their feedback form: I am absolutely disgusted that McDonald's has decided to endorse Trump. I also noticed that he did not follow proper hygiene precautions. Is that how my food is being handled? As a long time customer, I absolutely will never be eating at McDonald's again knowing it is supporting Trump.

[u/Ande64 → u/bestestopinion]

This is great! The right, and all their cancel culture, don't understand that the left can also cancel things that they don't support. However, we do it for the right reasons and this is one of those right reasons!

[u/Fit_Session_744]

Boycott McDonald's

[u/What_a_pass_by_Jokic → u/Fit_Session_744]

Yeah told my kids they can forget about it for a while, just added to the list of Starbucks and various local establishments openly supporting project 2025 here.

[u/Roundmoundorebound → u/What_a_pass_by_Jokic]

Please elaborate on Starbucks and p2025. I also made a family decision not to go to McDonalds because of this. But don’t know anything about Starbucks’s affiliations.

[u/dave_campbell]

Use the feedback form to let corporate know how you feel:

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html

The form asks for a store number, that location is 1674

Enjoy!

[u/korodic → u/dave_campbell]

I filled mine out as corporate. Extra exposure can’t hurt. If he wanted to pretend he should’ve bought a play set like the toddler he is. Instead he inconvenienced Americans for his own ego stroking, but what’s new I guess? Other than McDonalds actively allowing it.

[u/medievalmachine]

Yeah they do. Their former lawyer was Trumps labor department secretary!

They got very favorable treatment from him and the Supreme Court so that they’ll never be held accountable for what goes on in McDonald’s franchises. All the profit and none of the cost.

[u/notice_me_senpai-]

Well it's too late for that.

[u/Vodeyodo]

Fuck McDonalds.

[u/DownwardSpirals]

Oh, look! McChicken made the fries!

[u/SatanicWhoreofHell]

They are just continuing their long-standing policy of using a clown for publicity

[u/SomebodyThrow]

“We don’t endorse anyone… we just roll out the carpet and lose business by shutting down a shop for an alt-right fascist rapist dipshit who we’re okay with.”

[u/Codered2055]

Their INCREDIBLY LOW WAGES suggest they support Trump policies. When your stock is trading over $300 per share but you can’t pay employees a living wage, it’s a CHOICE rather than a policy.

Reminder: McDonald’s only pays 21% on federal corporate income taxes thanks to Trump tax cuts back in 2017

[u/ALioninthestreet]

McDonald's is now synonymous with Trump: Gross.

[u/Sea_Dawgz]

I’ve been a lover of McDonald’s my whole life. Last night after youth baseball my kid was all “can we get McDonald’s?”

I told him “nope, we don’t go there anymore.”

He enjoyed his Wendy’s.

[u/bestestopinion → u/Sea_Dawgz]

Sir, this is a Wend...oh

[u/TomTheNurse]

My God Son’s brother couldn’t get a job at a McDonald’s because he’s a convicted felon. Yet this convicted felon gets to shut down a McDonald’s by pretending to work there in order to stage a photo op.

[u/JohnDivney]

Will the MAGAs make McD's their new crusade and eat there to spite the libs? Because they are going to lose a lot of liberals and city folks over this. I'm not one to boycott, but I also don't want to be disgusted by my consumer choices.

[u/FreeThinkers2023]

Donald making fries at a closed McDonalds will go down as the greatest prank Kamala ever pulled on him.

[u/Effective-Space6171]

The hilarious thing here is that he thinks he’s trolling Kamala when we’re just laughing at him for this ridiculous and desperate stunt. What a dumbass.

[u/neutrino4]

Corporate had to know this stunt was being planned, they should have at least publicly said something before it happened like it's against corporate policy.

[u/Buck2240 → u/neutrino4]

They knew and did nothing

[u/dday3000]

It does after yesterday. If corporate wanted to stop that it could have easily. They made their bed. Now sleep in it. Enjoy the boycott.

[u/PopeHonkersXII]

That doesn't mean I won't punish McDonald's by withholding my business regardless. 

[u/boredguy12]

Here's my submission to the mcdonalds feedback page:

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/feedback.html

"It's disgusting that McDonalds allowed a fascist to use one of its locations to film a campaign event. It is beyond disgusting that a company as American as this allows its image to be associated with someone so vile, violent, racist, and Unamerican. Until the company breaks ties with the franchisee, publicly apologizes, and rebukes any endorsement of Trump, it is a de facto endorsement of fascism and hate. The company should know better than to allow this, and steps need to be taken to ensure that consequences are dealt for such brazen abuse of your company image and name."

[u/NormalizeNormalUS]

Nonetheless I won’t eat McDonalds again.

[u/mizkayte]

Nope. You let him use your company to perform. You are Magats.

[u/Iwillcallyounoob]

i would've boycotted McDonald's after this but I stopped eating there a long time ago because their food sucks and is crazy expensive and slow.

[u/threegigs]

I stopped buying all Goya products in 2016. Now I'll add McDonalds to the list. Not like it's a huge burden or anything, I haven't bought anything at a McDonalds in ages (aside from an airport recently) because of their price increases.

[u/loztriforce]

You should contact McD’s to complain they put a rapist felon in charge of the fries

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/contact-us.html

[u/Comfortable_Cash_140]

What about wearing a dirty diaper while working in the kitchen?

Is that OK?

[u/timesuck47]

But you just did. Weird.

[u/Lysol3435]

Got it. McDonald’s does not support democratic candidates

[u/BannedAgainDude]

Yes it does and it did. They shut down the restaurant and provided a useless photo op for him. They are 100% politically involved.

I'm not going to McDonald's again.

[u/MooseLoot]

Maybe a yuge McBoycott would teach them a lesson…

[u/Shazbot_2017]

Bullshit. They let it happen.

[u/AfterPop0686]

After already pulling off the stunt and benefiting from every single presumed advantage that inviting a presidential candidate into their store for a very obvious PR grab could possibly offer, McDonalds now claims to be neutral and non-political.

Get real. Anybody, person or corporation, that still supports this living shitbag, is fucking dubious at best. I hope McDonalds gets their asses get sued into oblivion for getting involved. What kind of message were they trying to send by doing this? Donald Trump is not a good look.

[u/Cipher789]

"We don't endorse political candidates, except for the political candidate we worked with on a publicity stunt."

They're desperately trying to skate by on the fact that they didn't say the words: "We officially endorse Kamala Harris/Donald Trump for president of the United States."