The Georgia dad who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/controversy-erupts-over-24-year-old-dad-who-left-kids-at-mcdonalds-during-job-interview?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Amanda+Harding&amp;title=Controversy+Erupts+Over+24-Year-Old+Dad+Who+Left+Kids+At+McDonald%E2%80%99s+During+Job+Interview&amp;category=News">went viral</a> for leaving his kids unattended at McDonald’s is in the news again. Earlier this week, people rallied around the man who claimed he left his three children at the restaurant playground to attend a job interview, raising money through a crowdfunding campaign. But now police say he &#8220;was not engaged in a job interview or application process&#8221; while his three children were left alone.
George Louis, 24, was arrested in Augusta on March 22 for deprivation of a minor after leaving the kids, ages 1, 6, and 10, alone at McDonald’s for a few hours. The Augusta Press reported that Louis had told police he was at a job interview. This caused an outpouring of support online from people who justified the man’s decision in order to improve his situation. 
Police are now saying the job interview story was untrue after they spoke to the eldest of Louis&#8217; children following the incident.
&#8220;A 10-year-old child, stated that she, her father (Chris Louis), and her two siblings had walked to McDonald’s from [an apartment complex],&#8221; the report said, per <a href="https://people.com/georgia-dad-left-kids-mcdonalds-not-job-interview-say-police-11708460">People</a>. &#8220;She further stated that her father left to deliver a backpack to [the apartment complex] and told her he would return shortly. The child also mentioned that her father frequently left them alone.&#8221;
Two witnesses said they heard Louis on the phone about 4:30 p.m. say he had to &#8220;drop something off.&#8221; This item was later stated to be a black backpack. Louis said &#8220;he lost his ID and another card and had been retracing his steps to find them,&#8221; per a <a href="https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/local/2025/04/02/augusta-father-disputed-alibi-in-child-neglect-case-spurs-fundraiser-mcdonalds-gofundme/82779661007/">statement</a> from Capt. Danny Whitehead of the Richmond County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Field Operations Division.
Law enforcement also visited the location when Louis said he applied for a job.
 “[The West Bank Inn manager] confirmed that Mr. Louis came in on March 22, 2025, and completed a job application,” police said. “She also conducted an informal interview with him on that date. When asked if Mr. Louis would be expecting a callback for a formal interview, she stated no,” the report continued. 
Police also questioned the timeline, saying security footage showed Louis leaving the West Bank Inn three hours before his children were observed alone at the McDonald’s.
“Based on the video evidence and the timeline provided by all parties involved, it was determined that Mr. Louis was not engaged in a job interview or application process during the time the children were left unattended,” the sheriff’s office reportedly said. “Furthermore, by his own admission, he was walking between McDonald’s and [an apartment complex] on foot during that period.”
The misdemeanor charge of deprivation of a minor &#8220;was appropriate to ensure the welfare of the children and facilitate a review of the matter by the court,&#8221; Whitehead concluded.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown started a GoFundMe to help Louis&#8217; cause.
“Story caught me by surprise. A dad just trying to find a way to make money for his family. I know he shouldn’t just leave his kids, but some people don’t have the means for babysitting, etc,” Brown wrote on GoFundMe, which is titled “Pursuit of Happiness.” 
As of Friday morning, the campaign had raised more than $83,000.

McDonald’s

Police Say Man Who Left Kids Alone At McDonald’s Wasn’t Really At A Job Interview

Police Says Man Who Left Kids Alone At McDonald's Wasn't Really At A Job Interview

Crime

Georgia

Parenting

Police

U.S.

Social media users are divided over the story of a young Georgia father who left his three children unattended at a McDonald’s restaurant playground so he could go to a job interview.
Chris Louis, 24, was arrested after leaving the children, ages 1, 6, and 10, at the restaurant after walking them there from his apartment in Augusta just before 4:30 p.m. on March 22, per <a href="https://theaugustapress.com/augusta-man-jailed-for-leaving-kids-at-mcdonalds-while-job-hunting/">The Augusta Press</a>. A witness saw Louis leave the children, then return to check on them before leaving again. 
Law enforcement was dispatched to the location after receiving a call from a concerned customer. They were waiting for Louis when he returned to the McDonald’s again at 6:20 p.m. The father told police he didn’t want the children to walk back home alone while he had the job interview. Officers waited at the restaurant until the mother arrived and picked up the children.
Louis was arrested and charged with deprivation of a minor.
The story has inspired a lot of conversation online, with users arguing both sides of the situation. Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown put his support behind Louis and started a GoFundMe to help his cause.
“Story caught me by surprise. A dad just trying to find a way to make money for his family. I know he shouldn’t just leave his kids, but some people don’t have the means for babysitting, etc,” Brown wrote on <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-man-from-the-story-that-has-gone-viral">GoFundMe</a>, which is titled “Pursuit of Happiness.” 
As of Wednesday morning, the campaign has raised just over $40,000 of the $50,000 goal, with $1,000 of it coming from Brown.
“This man is a hero, not a villain,” one person <a href="https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1907162412660179112">said</a>. “He is trying to get a job to support his kids and he CORRECTLY assumes that a 10 year old can watch their siblings at McDonalds for a few minutes while he interviews for a job across the street. All charges should be dropped immediately.”
“He had a kid when he was fourteen and holds himself responsible for it. A ten year old can watch a sibling for a short amount of time. This is a wild overreaction on the part of [law enforcement],” another X user <a href="https://x.com/bethanyshondark/status/1906859867085684738">agreed</a>. 
“If the kids were fine, he should be left alone to try and do his best. All that has happened here is they&#8217;ve turned someone that was working to be a productive member of society into someone forced to be a non-productive member of society. I have respect for this man for doing his best to better his situation, and all the police did was destroy it,” a third <a href="https://x.com/karldickey/status/1907098455815651697">agreed</a>.
Some users were skeptical that Louis was actually attending a job interview and questioned why he didn’t get a babysitter.
“Nah! I call BS. Did you read the article? It states that he was seen leaving and returning to McDonald’s multiple times,” one person <a href="https://x.com/LStark711/status/1907193116798693656">observed</a>. “If he was waiting for his turn to be interviewed and was uncertain about how many other applicants were ahead of him or how long it would take, why not have the 10-year-old entertain the younger children safely in the apartment during the interview? It makes no sense to take them to McDonald’s, leave them there, return, and repeat. Something about this scenario seems off.”
Many locals also noted that the location of that McDonald’s was not in a safe part of town.
“McDonald&#8217;s in Augusta is not a safe place for little kids unsupervised,” an X user <a href="https://x.com/MattDeluccia/status/1907171199341207966">said</a>. “Maybe it was 30-40 years ago, but definitely not today. I don’t think he should have been arrested though. I think a warning would have sufficed. Hope he got the job if he’s got 3 little kids.”
“There’s a huge difference between having a 10 yr old watch kids at your house for an hour and leaving them at a McD’s in a busy city,” another person <a href="https://x.com/544pibble/status/1907113606585385225">wrote</a>. “Hard no. I get that he’s trying. While I respect that, as an employer I’d say his judgment is questionable.”

Controversy Erupts Over 24-Year-Old Dad Who Left Kids At McDonald’s During Job Interview

Controversy Erupts Over 24-Year-Old Dad Who Left Kids At McDonald's During Job Interview

General

United States

Fast food giant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mcdonalds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McDonald’s</a> announced Monday that it would step back from several diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in light of a “shifting legal landscape.” 
The move comes after a number of other major corporations like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tractor-supply-reverses-course-backs-out-of-woke-initiatives-following-conservative-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tractor Supply</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toyota-slams-brakes-on-dei-commitments-after-robby-starbuck-expose-on-lgbtq-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toyota</a> have scaled back their DEI commitments following public scrutiny. McDonald’s executives said in a <a href="https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/our-commitment-to-inclusion.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to company employees that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action prompted the changes. 
The changes announced by McDonald’s include no more participation in third-party surveys, eliminating “aspirational representation goals,” and axing its supply chain DEI pledge. 
“Following the Supreme Court ruling in STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, we also assessed the shifting legal landscape to anticipate how this ruling may impact corporations such as McDonald’s,&#8221; the executives wrote. &#8220;And finally, we benchmarked our approach to other companies who are also re-evaluating their own programs.”
McDonald’s said it would stop “setting aspiration representational goals” and instead work to “embed inclusion practices that grow our business into our everyday process and operations.” 
The fast-food chain added that it would pause participation in “external surveys to focus on the work we are doing internally to grow the business.” Previously, the company had participated in the leftwing Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index Survey, <a href="https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/791476-mcdonalds-receives-100-human-rights-campaigns-2023-2024-corporate-equality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasting</a> that it had received a 100% score for “advancing LGBTQ+ friendly policies.”
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McDonald’s added that it was ending its supply chain commitment to the DEI pledge “in favor of a more integrated discussion with suppliers about inclusion as it relates to business performance.”
Despite the changes, the company said that it reports demographic information on its board, employees, and suppliers and rebranded its diversity team as the Global Inclusion Team. 
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1876375295218835908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the news, saying he contacted McDonald’s three days before the announcement to ask about its “woke policies.” 
“Companies can see that America wants sanity back. The era of wokeness is dying right in front of our eyes. The landscape of corporate America is quickly shifting to sanity and neutrality. We are the trend, not the anomaly anymore,” he posted on X. “We’re winning and one by one we WILL bring sanity back to corporate America.”

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McDonald’s Backs Away From DEI Programs Amid ‘Shifting Legal Landscape’

Business

Corporations

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Social Issues

Former President Donald Trump spent some time at a McDonald&#8217;s franchise in Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon, largely to troll Vice President Kamala Harris — but The New York Times took the bait too, and the outlet just can&#8217;t let it go.
The Times ran a story on Monday titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/nyregion/trump-mcdonalds-employees.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump Took a Turn at the Fryer. McDonald’s Workers Have Thoughts</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;After Donald J. Trump served fast food during a campaign stop at a McDonald’s,&#8221; the sub-headline read, &#8220;Several workers said the candidate showed a willingness to learn but should stick to his day job.&#8221;
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&quot;He doesn’t seem to know how to do it.&quot;
After Donald Trump served fast food during a campaign stop at a McDonald’s, several actual McDonald’s workers who examined a video of his performance earned mixed reviews from workers and patrons alike. <a href="https://t.co/nXW7FpDBPg">https://t.co/nXW7FpDBPg</a>
&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1848499605048000753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Times spoke to several McDonald&#8217;s employees who said that &#8220;right away&#8221; something had seemed to be not quite right with Trump&#8217;s job performance.
&#8220;The box is, like, backwards,&#8221; complained David Ye, a three-year employee at a McDonald&#8217;s in Lower Manhattan. &#8220;He doesn’t seem to know how to do it.&#8221;
Another was concerned after seeing that Trump had jokingly tossed a pinch of salt over his shoulder when he spilled a little. Kishia, a McDonald&#8217;s manager in Flatbush, told the Times, &#8220;You don’t throw salt like that. Somebody could have been behind him, you know?&#8221;
A cashier at a McDonald&#8217;s in Queens objected to the campaign stop in its entirety, claiming that it minimized the work she did every day.
&#8220;How many days are they gonna drag this out? Why do they keep playing into his hands?&#8221; Jon Gabriel asked. &#8220;I know they&#8217;re the smartest people ever to have lived. They wear glasses, nod thoughtfully. They must have a good reason.&#8221;
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How many days are they gonna drag this out? Why do they keep playing into his hands? I know they&#39;re the smartest people ever to have lived. They wear glasses, nod thoughtfully. They must have a good reason. <a href="https://t.co/B14sL6oste">https://t.co/B14sL6oste</a>
&mdash; Jon Gabriel (@exjon) <a href="https://twitter.com/exjon/status/1848510797879591204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Oh no, Trump will never get promoted to shift manager now,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/awstar11/status/1848511485468606837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another posted</a>.
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&#8220;One of Trump’s superpowers is his ability to make his enemies twist and deform themselves in reaction to anything he does. They can’t help it. Even performing a task as simple as cooking some french fries sends them into fits of hysterical rage,&#8221; Logan Hall added.
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one of trump’s superpowers is his ability to make his enemies twist and deform themselves in reaction to anything he does. they can’t help it. even performing a task as simple as cooking some french fries sends them into fits of hysterical rage <a href="https://t.co/ImLsTv37tQ">https://t.co/ImLsTv37tQ</a>
&mdash; Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) <a href="https://twitter.com/loganclarkhall/status/1848512623299453037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Donald Trump Campaigns For President In Pennsylvania

The NYT Can’t Quit Donald Trump’s McDonald’s Visit, Says He Made Fries ‘Wrong’

The NYT Can't Quit Donald Trump's McDonald's Visit, Says He Made Fries 'Wrong'

2024 Election

Donald Trump

Media

New York Times

Politics

On Monday, Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jd-vance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JD Vance</a> (R-OH) served up a sizzling response to how the media covered former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s visit to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mcdonalds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McDonald&#8217;s</a> restaurant in the swing state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania</a> over the weekend. The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/20/trump-mcdonalds-minimum-wage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dubbed</a> it &#8220;stage-managed campaign stop&#8221; — a particular description which Trump&#8217;s VP pick rebuked.
&#8220;The fact that these people are accusing him of a &#8216;stage-managed&#8217; thing — of course, the president has to have security because there have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-finds-secret-service-responsible-for-preventable-trump-assassination-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two attempts on his life</a> in the last eight weeks,&#8221; Vance said during a Fox News interview. &#8220;He can&#8217;t just walk into a McDonald&#8217;s and sign a W-9 and actually go on the payroll. That&#8217;s just not how this works, especially given the security threats on his life.&#8221;
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President Trump showed how to connect with voters in Pennsylvania yesterday better than anyone else could &#8211; from the french fry station at McDonald&#39;s to the Steelers game on Sunday night. <a href="https://t.co/lKlLKlEvk8">pic.twitter.com/lKlLKlEvk8</a>
&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1848382642154025080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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While in the McDonald&#8217;s in Feasterville, Bucks County, near Philadelphia, Trump put on an apron, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-works-fry-cooker-at-mcdonalds-roasts-kamala-ive-now-worked-15-minutes-more-than-she-has" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked the fry cooker</a>, and even handed out food at the drive-thru window. He also talked with people, including journalists and employees.
Trump was doing what &#8220;I think what he does best, which is just being among the people, talking to them about what they care about,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;He showed I think genuine interest in the employees and their lives and where they came from and what they were actually doing in their job, and that&#8217;s something you can&#8217;t stage, and you can&#8217;t fake. That is just a genuine person that Donald Trump is.&#8221;
Vance stressed that these interactions are &#8220;why I think a lot of working people, even though, of course, he&#8217;s a successful real estate billionaire, have this emotional connection to Donald Trump. You can&#8217;t make up that kind of connection.&#8221;
Also during his visit to McDonald&#8217;s, Trump took jabs at his 2024 rival, Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>, over her saying that she held a job at McDonald&#8217;s while she was a college student in the 1980s. The Washington Free Beacon and others have <a href="https://freebeacon.com/elections/i-did-fries-kamala-harris-claims-she-worked-at-mcdonalds-but-she-never-mentioned-it-until-she-ran-for-president-did-she-really-toil-beneath-the-golden-arches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised questions</a> about the claim, noting a lack of documentation to back it up.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-trump-disrespected-mcdonalds-employees-by-serving-fries-there" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RELATED: Tim Walz Says Trump ‘Disrespected’ McDonald’s Employees By Serving Fries There</a>
Vance <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4OIOzr4S4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he and Trump find it to be &#8220;weird&#8221; that Harris has &#8220;been able to produce no evidence that she worked at McDonald&#8217;s, and she didn&#8217;t even talk about it until 2019&#8221; — when she ran her first campaign for the presidency.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s ultimately true here,&#8221; Vance added, &#8220;but it&#8217;s interesting where the media will try to nitpick and micromanage every single thing that me or Donald Trump has said. And yet they just buy into this narrative&#8221; from Harris.

Donald Trump and JD Vance

Vance Scorches ‘Stage-Managed’ Critique Of Trump’s McDonald’s Stop

JD Vance

Kamala Harris

Pennsylvania

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz claimed on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris worked at McDonald&#8217;s and that former President Donald Trump &#8220;disrespect[ed]&#8221; McDonald&#8217;s workers by showing up at a restaurant over the weekend and serving customers.
Walz made the remarks during an interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;The View&#8221; after Trump stopped at a McDonald&#8217;s in Pennsylvania to serve food to supporters.
&#8220;She actually worked in a McDonald&#8217;s,&#8221; Walz claimed without evidence. &#8220;She didn&#8217;t go and pander and disrespect McDonald&#8217;s workers by standing there in your red tie and take a picture.&#8221;
&#8220;His policies are the ones that undermine those very workers that were in that McDonald&#8217;s, whether it&#8217;s home ownership, health care, reproductive rights or cost of products,&#8221; he claimed.
Walz&#8217;s claims come after a <a href="https://freebeacon.com/elections/i-did-fries-kamala-harris-claims-she-worked-at-mcdonalds-but-she-never-mentioned-it-until-she-ran-for-president-did-she-really-toil-beneath-the-golden-arches/">report</a> from the Free Beacon found no evidence that Harris ever worked at McDonald&#8217;s despite her recent claims that she did.
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Trump&#8217;s appearance at his favorite fast food restaurant was intended to draw attention to Harris&#8217; disputed claims.
“I’ve now worked 15 minutes more than Kamala [at McDonald&#8217;s],&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-works-fry-cooker-at-mcdonalds-roasts-kamala-ive-now-worked-15-minutes-more-than-she-has">said</a>. &#8220;She never worked here.&#8221;
The company said in an internal message on Sunday to U.S. franchise owners that they were proud of Harris&#8217; &#8220;fond memories working under the Arches&#8221; while seemingly <a href="https://archive.is/y2CG5">acknowledging</a> that the company does not have a record of her employment since they &#8220;don&#8217;t have records for all positions dating back to the early &#8217;80s.&#8221;
Walz concluded his remarks on the matter by falsely claiming that &#8220;every economist&#8221; says that Trump&#8217;s policies would &#8220;drive up inflation,&#8221; even though Harris is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-kamala-harris-triggered-the-inflation-crisis-that-harmed-america">largely responsible</a> for the inflation crisis that has plagued the U.S. under the Biden-Harris administration.
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Walz attacks Trump for working at McDonald&#8217;s. He claims Trump was to &#8220;pander&#8221; and &#8220;disrespect McDonald&#8217;s workers by standing there in your red tie.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/GkEGQKOiZn">pic.twitter.com/GkEGQKOiZn</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1848393564570468822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>

Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Tim Walz Speaks At The AFSCME Conference

Tim Walz: Trump ‘Disrespected’ McDonald’s Employees By Serving Fries There

Elections

The View

Tim Walz

Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee (CA) and leftist MSNBC host Alex Witt attacked former President Donald Trump on Sunday for working at a McDonald&#8217;s and serving food to some of his supporters.
Witt questioned what the logic was of Trump going to restaurant, which produced iconic photos and numerous clips that went viral online.
“He has gone to a McDonald’s,” Witt said. “He’s going to this McDonald’s, and he’s in the Philadelphia area. He’s going to work a fryer, apparently, before he goes to the Steelers versus Jets game. If you’re on his campaign, and I know you are certainly not, I’m not making any implication of that. But, what is the logic behind this — going to a McDonald’s?”
Lee responded: “There’s no logic to it.”
&#8220;It’s a stunt. He has not put forth an economic agenda,&#8221; she falsely claimed. &#8220;He, as you know, appears to be not well. And, he’s engaged in some really bizarre types of activities during this campaign.&#8221;
&#8220;So, this is just another one of those stunts that he will continue on through the campaign, and I think we really need to really focus on making sure that he is not elected of course,&#8221; she claimed.
Trump made the stop at McDonald&#8217;s as a way of taking a swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris and her unsubstantiated claim that she worked at McDonald&#8217;s growing up.
“I’ve now worked 15 minutes more than Kamala [at McDonald&#8217;s],&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;She never worked here.”
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MSNBC says working at McDonald’s is bizarre and strange. This is how <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a> and the elites think of everyday Americans who work everyday jobs. 
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— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheStevenCheung/status/1848078942428914038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-works-fry-cooker-at-mcdonalds-roasts-kamala-ive-now-worked-15-minutes-more-than-she-has?topStoryPosition=2">Trump Works Fry Cooker At McDonald’s, Roasts Kamala: ‘I’ve Now Worked 15 Minutes More’ Than She Has</a>

Democrat Barbara Lee: Trump Working At McDonald’s Shows He’s ‘Not Well’

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mcdonalds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McDonald&#8217;s</a> location in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a> closed after more than three decades in a move the franchisee owner partially attributed to California&#8217;s newly-implemented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minimum-wage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minimum wage</a>.
The fast-food restaurant at Stonestown Galleria shopping mall near San Francisco State University and a high school shut down over the weekend.
Franchisee Scott Rodrick <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/stonestown-mcdonald-s-closes-30-years-blaming-19531095.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the San Francisco Chronicle</a> there were two main reasons behind the &#8220;long and difficult&#8221; decision to shut down the location that he purchased in 2014.
Rodrick blamed a failure to reach a deal on rent with the landlord as he noted the property taxes and tenant fees are relatively high at the shopping mall.
California&#8217;s $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers — that Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/28/california-increases-minimum-wage-protections-for-fast-food-workers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> last year and went into effect on April 1 — was the second issue he mentioned.
The change proved to be &#8220;an extraordinary headwind against operating a successful, family owned business,&#8221; Rodrick said.
&#8220;It has never been as challenging in my 30 years of owning a franchise in California as it is today,&#8221; he added.
Rodrick told <a href="https://www.news3lv.com/news/nation-world/san-fran-mcdonalds-closes-after-30-years-cites-high-property-tax-minimum-wage-increase-consumer-business-revenue-loss-management-decisions-longevity-control-losses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local ABC affiliate KGO-TV</a> that all of the employees at the shuttered McDonald&#8217;s were offered jobs at nearby locations and most chose to remain with the company.
The home of the Big Mac is not the only chain in which there have been restaurant closures after California instituted its $20 minimum wage earlier this year.
Rubio&#8217;s Coastal Grill <a href="https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/rubios-closes-48-stores-california-minimum-wage-impact/717792/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> earlier this month the closure of 48 locations in California while <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-03/rubios-coastal-grill-citing-rising-business-costs-abruptly-shuts-down-48-restaurants-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">citing rising business costs</a> in the state. The chain <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/california-based-rubios-coastal-grill-files-bankruptcy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed for bankruptcy</a> soon afterwards.
A letter posted at the entrance of the McDonald&#8217;s restaurant at Stonestown Galleria announced to customers that the location was permanently closing on Sunday, <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/mcdonalds-at-stonestown-closes-after-more-than-30-years-in-san-francisco/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to local station KRON4</a>.
&#8220;It has been a pleasure for my entire team and I to serve the 19th Avenue and Ingleside neighborhoods for more than 30 years,” Rodrick wrote in the message.
He added, &#8220;We are thankful to have been a part of your daily meal routine, either for an Egg McMuffin in the morning or a Happy Meal with the kids after an afternoon of shopping at Stonestown.&#8221;

Decades-Old McDonald’s Location In San Francisco Shuts Down After California Institutes $20 Minimum Wage

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In a video that is making the rounds on social media, a customer videotaped herself harassing a McDonald’s employee after her sandwich came in a blue and white wrapper, accusing McDonald’s of supporting Israel and calling it “disgusting.”
“So I was starving, so I had to get one quick sandwich from here, and I thought they gave me the wrong sandwich,” the woman said as she showed a yellow and white McDonalds wrapper and then a blue and white one. “But conveniently, McDonalds changed their packaging. Well. What does that resemble?”
The video then cuts to her grilling the employee over the wrapper, with the following exchange:
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Woman: What is this?
Employee: This one?
Woman: Yeah. What is this new packaging?
Employee: It’s the McChicken wrappers.
Woman: But why is it blue and white?
Employee: I honestly, I don’t know.
Woman: I think you do know. This is in support of Israel. They changed —
Employee: It was like that since a few months ago because we ran out of the regular ones.
Woman: No. I don’t think so. This is obviously in support of Israel.
Employee: No, I mean, we’ve had that for a while, though.
Woman: I was here two weeks ago and it wasn’t like this.
Employee: I mean, we had that —
Woman: I know this is not your fault because you’re an employee, but I think this is disgusting for them to do this and I know you know in your heart, you know in your heart that this clearly what this wrapper is for. &#8230; I’m explaining it to you. This is what it’s for. This is the color of their flag. This is clearly what they’re doing and what they’re showing to people, and I think it’s disgusting.
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Social media had a field day responding to the video, including some pointing out other countries’ flags or business entities that likewise featured blue and white. A few examples:
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<a href="https://twitter.com/youngbumzie/status/1742109676370854062">Best part</a> was she ate the food first before returning the wrapper.
That’s <a href="https://twitter.com/vlknkndmr/status/1742122995705958673">support</a> for Uruguay.
No, <a href="https://twitter.com/DPerson68/status/1742125129948184887">she&#8217;s right</a>. I also think it&#8217;s just straight up disgusting how the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning constantly flaunt their support for Israel the way they do. Also, I want to speak to Finland, Greece, and Scotland&#8217;s managers.
Israel <a href="https://twitter.com/Beat_Rev/status/1742111290531721265">invented</a> blue and white.
You should do a <a href="https://twitter.com/Btully41Tully/status/1742134530884952247">meme</a> from The Sixth Sense instead of “I see dead people” it could be “I see Israeli flags” everywhere
She’s gonna <a href="https://twitter.com/PunishersAngel/status/1742162309739336088">hate</a> White Castle.
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In Washington, D.C., a 16-year-old girl is accused of fatally stabbing another 16-year-old girl during a fight over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mcdonalds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McDonald&#8217;s</a> dipping sauce over the weekend.
At 2:00 a.m. ET Sunday morning, the teenager reportedly got into an argument with another 16-year-old girl outside of a McDonald&#8217;s near the popular U Street area of the nation&#8217;s capital. The victim allegedly began attacking the suspect before walking away. Then, according to security camera footage, the suspect allegedly lunged at the n0w-deceased girl and stabbed her to death. It&#8217;s unclear what exactly started the argument, but a D.C. detective testified in court that it began over sweet-and-sour sauce, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/28/teen-killed-sauce-u-street-mcdonalds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“At the end of the day, someone is dead over a dispute over sauce,” D.C. Superior Court Judge Sherri Beatty-Arthur said in court Monday.
The suspect was charged with second-degree murder while armed and pleaded &#8220;not involved&#8221; on Monday. Per the Post, the prosecutor in the case said that the suspect is the only individual &#8220;who brought a knife to a fistfight.&#8221;
Beatty-Arthur ordered that the suspect be held until Friday for another hearing.
The shocking murder comes as D.C. is plagued by rising crime. This was the 13th individual under the age of 18 killed in D.C. this year. The violence is so bad that one D.C. Councilman has demanded that the National Guard be sent in to stop the chaos.
Critics say that the lawlessness is the result of years&#8217; worth of anti-police rhetoric and policies:
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After the D.C. Council spent years pushing pro-criminal, anti-police policies, Democrat D.C. Councilman Trayon White calls on the National Guard to help address the rampant violent crime in the nation&#39;s capital. <a href="https://t.co/WTABJMI8Zq">pic.twitter.com/WTABJMI8Zq</a>
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Even folks like D.C. council chairman Phil Mendelson, who earlier this year denied that there was a crisis in the city, are admitting that it has become ungovernable.
&#8220;You can get away with murder in this city,&#8221; he said point blank in July.
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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson: &quot;You can get away with murder in this city — but that&#39;s true a lot of places!&quot;
Q: &quot;I&#39;m sorry, did you just say you can get away with murder in this city?&quot;
Mendelson: &quot;That is what I said&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XuS0A5oscS">pic.twitter.com/XuS0A5oscS</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1677456012305920002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, citizens like Sabel Harris, chair of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission located near the McDonald&#8217;s, told the Post the tragedy was &#8220;horrifying.&#8221;
“I walk by that McDonald’s almost every single day,&#8221; she said. &#8220;My mind is just reeling from this.&#8221;
Harris is calling upon the mayor to do more.
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Read more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pfizer-manufacturing-plant-leveled-by-tornado-50000-pallets-of-medicine-damaged-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> parents sued <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mcdonalds">McDonald’s</a> for serving chicken nuggets which they claim were so hot they caused second-degree burns on their 4-year-old daughter’s leg. 
Plaintiffs Philana Holmes and Humberto Caraballo Estevez were in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">court</a> this week stating their case. They said their daughter received severe burns to her thigh area in 2019 after a 200-degree McNugget fell in her lap from a Happy Meal box.
In a split jury, franchisee UpChurch Foods was found negligent while McDonald&#8217;s was not, according to court documents. The jury found that both the franchisee and McDonald&#8217;s failed to produce instructions for the food that would have prevented the girl&#8217;s injury, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-hot-chicken-mcnugget-trial-florida-verdict-parents-say-girl-disfigured/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The family’s attorneys called the jury decision a &#8220;tremendous victory for a deserving family.&#8221;
“The reasonable, foreseeable, intended use is for a child to handle this box. The law implies a promise from a corporation to, in this case, a child,” their attorney Jordan Redavid told the court earlier this week, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12066409/Florida-parents-sue-McDonalds-claiming-chicken-nugget-left-four-year-old-child-disfigured.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>. “And if it&#8217;s preventable, it’s warnable, you should warn someone about it, and if you don’t do that then you’re liable.&#8221;
Holmes said she ordered the six-piece chicken McNuggets Happy Meal at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Tamarac, Florida, and handed the box back to her daughter in the backseat. The girl was then allegedly burned by the nugget, which her family said left the child “disfigured and scarred” after it remained on her leg for two minutes. 
Holmes described the events after she picked up the food during a pretrial deposition.
“As I&#8217;m pulling away out of the drive-thru I hear [Olivia] start to yell. But the time I make it to the street it&#8217;s a full blown scream,” she told the court, according to a transcript.
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“I turn around and she dropped the nugget in her lap. So I&#8217;m trying to drive and knock them out of her lap as I&#8217;m going down the street.” 
“So as soon as I was able I pulled over, I run to the back seat of the car and I got out the nugget that I could see and I then pulled off her seat belt across the lap; there was a chicken nugget that was stuck that I could not reach,” she said. 
“As I am taking the nugget off of her skin it&#8217;s falling apart in my hand. Her thigh — upper thighs — it was really, really red. She&#8217;s screaming, she&#8217;s yelling,” Holmes went on. Photos of the child’s injuries were displayed in court.
“Every once in a while, she looks at [the scar] and she refers to it as her chicken nugget,” Estevez said.
The family is seeking $15,000 in damages from McDonald’s and its franchise, Upchurch Foods, for negligence and poor training, the outlet noted. A jury will determine the amount of damages. 
&#8220;Our sympathies go out to this family for what occurred in this unfortunate incident, as we hold customer safety as one of our highest priorities. That&#8217;s why our restaurant follows strict rules in accordance with food safety best practices when it comes to cooking and serving our menu items, including Chicken McNuggets,&#8221; UpChurch Foods said in a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-hot-chicken-mcnugget-trial-florida-verdict-parents-say-girl-disfigured/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. 
&#8220;We are deeply disappointed with today&#8217;s verdict because the facts show that our restaurant in Tamarac, Florida did indeed follow those protocols when cooking and serving this Happy Meal. Our community here in South Florida should remain confident that we will continue serving safe and high-quality meals, just as we&#8217;ve done for more than 50 years at Upchurch Management restaurants.&#8221;
&#8220;Our customers should continue to rely on McDonald&#8217;s to follow policies and procedures for serving Chicken McNuggets safely,&#8221; McDonald&#8217;s said in a separate statement.

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