In predictable fashion, America’s morally and ethically bankrupt legacy media are melting down over former President Donald Trump’s visit to a McDonald’s franchise this past weekend.
The media-wide freak-out started shortly after the former president, donning an apron and his signature red tie, worked alongside McDonald’s staffers in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. While cooking french fries, Trump greeted customers at the drive-through and poked fun at Kamala Harris’ unsubstantiated claim she once worked at the popular fast-food chain.
“I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala,” Trump said.
While the GOP nominee, franchise workers, and customers appeared to have enjoyed the experience, that hasn’t stopped America’s hack-tastic “journalists” from launching a seemingly coordinated smear campaign against Trump and McDonald’s.
On Monday morning, Newsweek’s Khaleda Rahman ran a hit piece against the Feasterville franchise for hosting the former president. Titled “McDonald’s Donald Trump Worked at Failed Last Health Inspection,” the article shows how Rahman went out of her way to obtain documents purportedly indicating the restaurant “failed its last health inspection.”
The Newsweek national correspondent also parroted leftists’ talking point that the campaign stop was a “stunt” because the Secret Service reportedly vetted drive-through customers beforehand to ensure the safety of the former president, who’s been the intended target of two assassination attempts. She also placed the onus on Trump to prove Harris never worked at McDonald’s, rather than on the vice president, who has yet to provide such documentary evidence.
But Rahman was hardly the only “reporter” to
