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NWCorona

(8,541 posts) Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:21 AM Mar 2017

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Oh Snap! Did McDonald's really tweet this about Trump!?!

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/324263-mcdonalds-tweets-to-trump-you-are-actually-a-disgusting-excuse

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Oh Snap! Did McDonald's really tweet this about Trump!?! (Original Post) NWCorona Mar 2017 OP

a rogue employee, I expect. BainsBane Mar 2017 #1

That's what I'm thinking but that is gonna leave a mark!! NWCorona Mar 2017 #2

I don't think a fake account since it's verified with a checkmark. Unless it's a photoshop. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #4

Head if Communications must have been drunk. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #15

It is a beauty. dalton99a Mar 2017 #3

I literally spit out my coffee when I read that. And that as jab! NWCorona Mar 2017 #5

We now have to have KFC's opinion Motley13 Mar 2017 #6

Ronald McDonald must be going to lose his Obamacare rurallib Mar 2017 #7

It's true whomever tweeted.. but I don't see a corp like this Cha Mar 2017 #8

They were hacked Takket Mar 2017 #9

Not sure I believe that BainsBane Mar 2017 #16

It was their Twitter account crappyjazz Mar 2017 #10

Yeah. I never believed he could eat a Big Mac. Couldn't hold it. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #11

The person behind that #McDonalds Trump tweet pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #12

Haha u beat me to it NWCorona Mar 2017 #14

The internal culprit has been identified. NWCorona Mar 2017 #13

CNBC: McDonald's Twitter account appears to have been hacked, posts anti-Trump tweet pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #17

LOL! My favorite Tweet of the day! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #18

BainsBane

(57,780 posts)

1. a rogue employee, I expect.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:22 AM

Mar 2017

Or possibly a fake account.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

2. That's what I'm thinking but that is gonna leave a mark!!

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:23 AM

Mar 2017

Tommy_Carcetti

(44,586 posts)

4. I don't think a fake account since it's verified with a checkmark. Unless it's a photoshop.

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:24 AM

Mar 2017

I think an intrepid rogue employee got a hold of the Twitter account and it's fucking hilarious.

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)

15. Head if Communications must have been drunk.

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:30 AM

Mar 2017

dalton99a

(95,269 posts)

3. It is a beauty.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:23 AM

Mar 2017

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

5. I literally spit out my coffee when I read that. And that as jab!

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:24 AM

Mar 2017

Motley13

(3,867 posts)

6. We now have to have KFC's opinion

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:25 AM

Mar 2017

rurallib

(64,833 posts)

7. Ronald McDonald must be going to lose his Obamacare

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:25 AM

Mar 2017

and Mcdonald's doesn't pay enough for him to afford regular insurance

Cha

(320,590 posts)

8. It's true whomever tweeted.. but I don't see a corp like this

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:26 AM

Mar 2017

doing that.. think of all the boycotts they'd get.

Takket

(23,803 posts)

9. They were hacked

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:26 AM

Mar 2017

Link to tweet

BainsBane

(57,780 posts)

16. Not sure I believe that

Reply to Takket (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:35 AM

Mar 2017

I think someone in the office went rogue.

crappyjazz

(950 posts)

10. It was their Twitter account

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:27 AM

Mar 2017

and it has since been deleted.

It doesn't mean anything other than some poor social media employee is likely about to get fired.

Solly Mack

(97,270 posts)

11. Yeah. I never believed he could eat a Big Mac. Couldn't hold it.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:28 AM

Mar 2017

They have the little ones now though. So....maybe.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

12. The person behind that #McDonalds Trump tweet

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:29 AM

Mar 2017

Link to tweet

Bryan Kremkau‏ @bryankremkau · 40m40 minutes ago
The person behind that #McDonalds Trump tweet

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

14. Haha u beat me to it

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:30 AM

Mar 2017

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

13. The internal culprit has been identified.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:29 AM

Mar 2017

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

17. CNBC: McDonald's Twitter account appears to have been hacked, posts anti-Trump tweet

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:35 AM

Mar 2017

McDonald's Twitter followers likely woke up to a shock Thursday morning after a tweet was posted to the company's social media feed that criticized President Donald Trump.

The tweet was posted just after 6 a.m. and was deleted.

...

It is likely that the burger giant was hacked, as the post comes just one day after hundreds of Twitter accounts including Justin Beiber's and Forbes were hacked.

...

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/mcdonalds-twitter-account-appears-to-have-been-hacked-posts-anti-trump-tweet.html

Rhiannon12866

(258,842 posts)

18. LOL! My favorite Tweet of the day!

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:34 AM

Mar 2017

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