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From McDonald’s to Congress: can a former fry cook flip a key district for Democrats?

Manny Rutinel hopes price-tag politics can win key voters in Colorado House race During his presidential campaign in October 2024, Donald Trump staged a photo op at a McDonald’s franchise in Pennsylvania, where he was briefly taught how to work the fryer and drive-thru window at the closed restaurant, while making several unsubstantiated claims about Kamala Harris’s past summer job at McDonald’s. The posturing around McDonald’s garnered significant publicity, as Trump and Republicans…

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From McDonald’s to Congress: can a former fry cook flip a key district for Democrats?
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