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Apparently, "where's the paycheck" is the new "where's the birth certificate."

Bypass paywall: http://12ft.io/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/harris-reveals-truth-mcdonald-job-184212087.html

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[–] [email protected] 162 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] paf0 94 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yup, Trump doesn't even have a tax return to show from last year and somehow he wants Kamala to have a W-2 from 40 years ago? What an ass.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Trump has his tax returns. He's just being audited by the IRS. Can't release your taxes when you are under audited. Trump said so himself!

Trump would never lie to us. /s

[–] CM400 49 points 1 month ago

Also his claim of being one of the top students in his class. Where’s the transcript?

[–] Hikermick 112 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Nobody lies about having worked at McDonald's

[–] FlyingSquid 67 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"I have the most basic of skills needed for one of the simplest of jobs out there!"

"LIAR!"

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's easy to mistake the scale of skill for jobs that actually require work when you have never actually worked one.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't have to be a complex task to be hard work

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[–] PriorityMotif 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One time we were busy AF, the owner comes in and tries to jump in and do the fry station. Not cooking the fries, just scooping and filling the little containers. He was pretty useless, realized he was just in the way, and apologized.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'm just impressed the owner realized he was useless, and apologized. The franchise owner I worked for was an unpleasant, angry individual who would have just yelled at his overworked and underpaid employees for not keeping up with the lunch rush.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

as a dude who has worked in restaurants and offices... working in fast food isn't the simplest job out there, like by a significant margin. That sentiment is propaganda to keep wages low and treat low wage earners like shit.

however, I get that Trump thinks that way so your point still is right

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe 107 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What a weird thing to get hung up on.

[–] FlyingSquid 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They have nothing and every time they try to play what they think is their trump card (no pun intended) of "black woman," it doesn't work out for them.

[–] Eldritch 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trump card was always a colloquial slang. And I think it still works on it's own. It's just that instead of turning the tables. Today it means to toss the table over stomp about and act ineffectually childish.

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[–] cabron_offsets 93 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Holy hell, this is fucking tone deaf.

I’d like to see proof that Trump worked half a day in his entire miserable life.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is proof. That's why Trump was always golfing! Trump needed to golf to relax from all the hard working he was doing. It's hard work doing absolutely fucking nothing except grifting people.

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[–] KingGordon 80 points 1 month ago

Thats fucking rich from a guy who never, ever, not ever provides any backup to his frivolous statements.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What a weird thing to demand. I don't have documentation for working my jobs that early in my career. Also turnover at McDonalds is probably 300%+ year over year. Most people have worked at McDonalds, lol.

[–] FlyingSquid 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am sure there is some way or other you could get a government record of where you worked when you were 18 or whatever, but it's not worth even bothering to indulge them. She can just do the "next question" thing like she did in the CNN interview when they asked her about the racist attacks.

[–] Crazyslinkz 12 points 1 month ago

Probably not. Records are usually only saved for 10 years.

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[–] AA5B 52 points 1 month ago

Where’s the tax returns? Where’s the evidence you are a billionaire as you claim?

[–] UncleGrandPa 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok... Can trump prove he ever HAD a job? Doing anything?

[–] FlyingSquid 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hey, reality TV host is a job. I'm sure he worked one, maybe two hours a week.

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[–] RagingRobot 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why would anyone lie about working at McDonald's? And if they did why would anyone care?

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[–] GaMEChld 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yawn, birth certificate bs again. Where's the tax returns? Transcripts? Anything of corroboration we've ever demanded from Trump?

Deflection and projection all day.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Stolen McValor

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Look, I worked at Taco Bell in the 90s for three years. I would have one heck of a time trying to prove it without finding someone to confirm it. If I had just been there for a couple seasons, nobody would have remembered me.

[–] FlyingSquid 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have corroborating evidence that I worked in a Miami Subs and Grill in 1995 when I was 18 because the friends I worked there with (three of us) were all there the day the lady bought the $50 undersized bottle of Dom Perignon that the managers mystifyingly put in the little beer and wine case, drank it out of a paper cup with her meatball sub, and left.

That's the sort of shit you can't make up. Or forget.

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[–] bitjunkie 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This from the third-generation real estate ~~tycoon~~ fraudster who is worth significantly less than if he'd just stuck his inheritance in an index fund. And then if she does play his game and actually provides proof, either it's fake or she's "just a waitress" like AOC. Pass.

[–] ThePantser 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The golden arches is like holy ground to the ole hamberderer. Her working there is really messing with his beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

"Who knows, maybe you've had some of my cooking, donald"

I'm not sure exactly why, but I think that could break him.

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[–] surfrock66 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Man if she has the proof, she should show it then ask him to prove he had bone spurs.

[–] FlyingSquid 50 points 1 month ago

Honestly, it's not worth it. Remember how it was with Obama?

"Where's Obama's birth certificate?"

Obama: shows birth certificate.

"Where's the long form birth certificate?"

Obama: shows long form birth certificate.

"That's clearly a fake."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

ask him to prove he had bone spurs.

Ask if he even remembers which leg it was.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why?

Trump: "It was the left leg"
Reporter: " Originally you said it was the right leg"
Trump: "No, I clearly said it was the left."
Reporter: "Here is a recording of you saying it was your right leg, and here is a copy your family's doctor sent the US Army stating that it was your right leg."
Trump: "You are a nasty person. You sit down, you don't even say hello. I bet you work for ABC. I know ABC...terrible ratings...the worst...I hear they have a lot of...they don't like Trump...and people say they have a lot of fake news."

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[–] leadore 26 points 1 month ago

JD Vance: "Stolen McDonald's valor!"

[–] Snapz 20 points 1 month ago

Be aware of steven chueng, that dude is fucking pure, broken evil. If trump gets in, they are going to immediately put a black robe and hood on Cheng and his role will be to joyfully pull the lever on the gallows.

Seriously, empty fucking piece of shit. Look him up if you're not familiar. He's the babelfish that turns trumps incoherently delivered pre-scripted hate (from Stephen Miller mostly) into something in print quotes that feels like it has strength and came directly from trump - it didn't, but they want you to conflate and think it did. Dangerous shit, man...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

where's your tax return diaper donnie

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And your health care plan.

[–] FlyingSquid 15 points 1 month ago

I used to say he would introduce his health care plan as soon as infrastructure week was over.

I was right too.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

ah yes, these are the pressing issues we should focus on right now.

[–] dhork 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Such lazy journalism. "Where's the beef" was a Wendy's slogan....

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 1 month ago

True, but the old ladies in the ads are asking it of a (thinly-veiled parody of) McDonald's.

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[–] TheHotze 14 points 1 month ago

I never knew that she worked at McDonald's. If Trump hadn't doubted it, I wouldn't have heard. I was going to vote for Harris anyway, but still.

[–] Num10ck 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

because of the huge scale and incredible turnover, 25% of americans have worked at mcdonalds before.

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[–] SassyRamen 13 points 1 month ago

He's just upset, that his favorite fine dinning Establishment had once made payments to Harris!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

this is funny. did the why did she not put it on her resume thing backfire and made her more popular or what.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I worked at a mcd's for a period... I'm genuinely not sure I could find any proof, but I did work there.

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[–] 800XL 11 points 1 month ago

It's all about Trump saying jump and Harris saying how high.

It's the stupid birther shit all over again

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