After a rally in Latrobe on Saturday, former President Donald Trump was back in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Both he and Vice President Kamala Harris are vying for Pennsylvaniaโs crucial 19 electoral votes. Before meeting with supporters at a town hall, Trump took over a McDonaldโs drive-through window. Close comrade and ardent MAGA supporter, UFC welterweight Colby Covington is all here for it!
The two were tied in the Keystone State at 50% each in a CBSNews poll conducted in early September. The GOP presidential nominee thus broke down walls and gave into the Americano fast food quick service culture in Pennsylvania. The spot holds a special fanfare for him anyway, given that Trump survivedย a failed assassination attempt. The Ex-Prez was in one of his signature Republican campaign rallies nearย Butler, Pennsylvania. โChaosโ thus had quite the label for him:
Trump donned an apron and worked the drive-through at the McDonaldโs in Feasterville, Bucks County, Sunday. He distributed food to pre-selected supporters in five cars. There was some initial storm that Trump jumped the gun on public pandering and that McDonaldโs Corp didnโt even permit. McDonaldโs said the owner and operator of the location, Derek Giacomantonio, disagreed.
He later told the Associated Press that he did permit, but the management does not endorse any candidate in a bigger capacity. But the Chicago burger giantโs mixed approach and non-partisan signage do not matter. Trump has the viral accord of the combat sports community, and it shows. Along with Covington, even Sean Strickland commented on the matter.
The 2024 candidate making his appeal to swing state voters less than three weeks out has taken many forms. Boxing Hall of Famer Thomas โHitmanโ Hearns recently joined the pre-election GOP nominee at the Motor City Rally, on Friday. UFC CEO Dana White told Fox Newsโ โHannityโย host Sean Hannity yet again that Trump is the only suitable man to helm the State of the Union.
Moreover, he has struck an accord namedropping those like Colby Covington, his prime rival Jorge Masvidal,ย andย Kamaru Usman as well. When Trump faced 34 counts of falsifying business records in hush payments for propping $130,000 to his then-attorney, fighters came to his defense. That only increased multi-fold after the assassination attempt. His appearance at the restaurant in Bucks County, just outside of Philadelphia, is going similarly viral.
Letโs go!!!!! pic.twitter.com/21u8sxN55H
โ Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 20, 2024
This is the local McDonaldโs that, Iโm a bit embarrassed to say, is near where I live and my family and I frequent. They closed their operations today. This whole Trump visit was all staged. The only โcustomersโ were Trump campaign approved people pretending to be customers. https://t.co/kWyLXQJlti
-Advertisement-โ US Rep Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) October 21, 2024
It comes at the behest of rival Harris touting her middle-class roots by sharing that she worked for McDonaldโs in the 1980s. Thatโs a stark contrast to the UFC CEO alluding to his then-Trump Organization umbrella high-profile backing. โFox & Friendsโ host Brian Kilmead though said his McDonaldโs visit is because he loves the place.
The Trump-ified social media propaganda made it to the cover of the New York Post, with an all-caps โHail to the Chef.โ But there are those who call โfake newsโ on most of Trumpโs antics. Notwithstanding the gargantuan support from MMA stars, โAction Manโ Chris Curtis slammed his ear-shot assassination attempt as fake news. Now, U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) similarly calls his McDonaldโs sting โall staged.โ All in all, the matter is quite viral.