Right wing editor investigates "whether Kamala Harris ever worked at McDonalds."

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https://www.rawstory.com/kamala-harris-mcdonalds-investigation-roasted/?cx_testId=6&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=3&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsVP9S9ZC8WNR522#cxrecs_s

One anecdote from Vice President Kamala Harris' middle-class upbringing on the campaign trail is that she worked a summer job at
McDonald's after her freshman year of college to make ends meet. But Peter J. Hasson, editor of the right-wing Washington Free Beacon, tried to investigate whether this was really true — and ended up embarrassing himself.

"NEW: Kamala Harris’s missing 'summer job' at McDonald’s job," posted Hasson to X. "Her resume and job application a year after graduating college — [Free Beacon] obtained through FOIA — don’t mention it. Neither do either of her books, or either of the biographies on her." He posted the paper's report, written by Joseph Simonson, Chuck Ross, and Andrew Kerr, complete with scans of her original application to work in the district attorney's office.

But commenters on social media buried Hasson in mockery, with many people pointing out the obvious flaw in this investigation: people leave irrelevant details of their work history off of resumes and job applications all the time.

"This is a non-story. Plenty of people don't put their high-school jobs on their resume (partly because working at a fast food place as a 16-year-old often has no relevance or utility for most post-college employers)," wrote elections analyst Lakshya Jain.

"LOL - They’re checking to see if she put working at McDonalds on her post-grad resume?" wrote Maryville College history professor Aaron Astor. "I didn’t put my four years of working at a gas station on mine either. Wait, is this a serious article?"

"Imagine having McDonald’s on your resume applying to a law clerk position in an DA’s office," wrote investigative reporter Jacqueline Sweet.




The stupidity makes my hair hurt. For the record, I have never put any of my summer jobs, high school or college, on a professional resume.
What, I am going to list the greenskeeper at the golf course I worked on 20 years ago as a reference for a teaching job requiring a master's degree?

[BOSSHOG]

1. Did Sean Hannity dig ditches

FOR A LIVING? Did Donald trump cheat investors? Did he declare bankruptcy for fun and profit? Was he found guilt of 34 felony charges?Is trump a rapist? Are any of those facts on his resume?

[yellowcanine]

2. Did he "grab em by the P***y?"

[BOSSHOG]

8. Interesting

That on his resume got him over the top with people who would vote for him. That, and he’s a good Christian.

[iluvtennis]

3. This is insane. We don't put pre collebgrad jobs

on our resumes. I was lucky enough to do an engineering internship the summer of my junior year, so put that on my resume. Camp counselor et al in previous summer jobs - no way.

[progressoid]

4. Stupidity...yes.

But I guarantee there are people out there who have already bought into it and are spreading memes about it.

[Maeve]

5. I'm sure i have no proof i worked at Pizza Hut one summer

No pictures, no records. .too long ago!
Give it a rest

[Prairie Gates]

6. It's interesting because it's really a question of historical/archival method

Basically, Hasson is using archival sources: the resume, the books. The question is, are these the sources that would allow you to make the claim. The answer is clearly, No, for all the reasons listed in the article (including by a history professor).

Would there be sources that could prove that she never worked at McDonalds? Probably the only archival record would be some documents held by the franchisee, by McDonalds itself, or as tax records/pay stubs from the time (or, specifically, the lack of these).

Less probative would be other employees of the McDonalds in question during the period in question, though that would of course depend on their recollection, which would make it far less reliable that a documentary record. Do you remember everyone you worked with at a summer job 40 years ago? 20? I actually worked at a McDonalds and I don't remember hardly anyone's names. The only person I remember clearly was a guy that I was already friends with outside of work and that I'm still connected with on Facebook.

Of course, the point here is to merely suggest that Harris is a liar. The editor of a newspaper knows damn well that his research methods are laughable, but he's not interested in truth, but in planting a little seed, in propaganda.

[patphil]

7. I worked one summer while in high school as a dish washer at a restaurant.

I never saw the point of putting that on a resume, while looking for work as a college graduate with a degree in science.
Some jobs are better off overlooked.

[unc70]

9. Might be in her Social Security history

There is a record there of all(?) our employment history and SS deductions. Probably not available to anyone but Harris.

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12. SS only lists the earning amount, not the source.

And even that info would not be publicly available.

[tanyev]

10. I'll never forget that time I got fired as a church organist

after they discovered I left 3 summers of waitressing off my resume.

[Trenzalore]

11. I worked at an Amusement Park for 5 years in high school to college

Not on my resume lol