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The former president visited a McDonalds in Feasterville-Trevose, which is part of Bucks County, a swing area northeast of Philadelphia. Harris has talked during her campaign about her experiences as a fry cook at McDonalds and Trump planned to try his hand before heading to an evening town hall in Lancaster before attending the Pittsburgh Steelers home game against the New York Jets.

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Trump has fixated in recent weeks on the summer job Harris said she held in college, working the cash register and making fries at McDonald香蕉视频直播檚 while attending Howard University in Washington. Trump says the vice president never worked there, the latest example of his longtime strategy to seize on conspiracy theories and question the credentials of his political opponents.

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Police closed the busy streets around the McDonald香蕉视频直播檚 he was visiting and cordoned off the restaurant as a crowd a couple blocks long gathered, sometimes 10- to 15-deep, across the street straining to catch a glimpse of Trump. Horns honked and music blared as Trump supporters waved flags, held signs and took pictures.

Harris, who was a California prosecutor before becoming a senator and vice president, raises her McDonald香蕉视频直播檚 experience as a way to show she understands working-class struggles.

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In an interview last month on MSNBC, the vice president pushed back on Trump香蕉视频直播檚 claims, saying she did work at the fast-food chain four decades ago when she was in college.

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Trump香蕉视频直播檚 senior campaign adviser Jason Miller told reporters on Saturday that Trump would be making the stop 香蕉视频直播渟o that one candidate in this race can actually have worked at McDonald香蕉视频直播檚.香蕉视频直播�

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Representatives for McDonald香蕉视频直播檚 did not respond to a message about whether the company had employment records for one of its restaurants 40 years ago.

Trump has promoted false and baseless claims throughout his campaign

It香蕉视频直播檚 far from the first time that Trump has promoted baseless claims. Most notably, he claims falsely that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden due to voter fraud. Trump said during his presidential debate with Harris that immigrants who had settled in Springfield, Ohio, were eating residents香蕉视频直播� pets.

Trump has long gone after opponents based on their personal history, particularly women and racial minorities.

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Haley is the South Carolina-born daughter of Indian immigrants, making her automatically a native-born citizen and meeting the constitutional requirement to run for president.

Barrett Marson, a Republican strategist in Arizona, said using a campaign visit to focus on the claims about McDonald香蕉视频直播檚 four decades ago is a 香蕉视频直播減uzzling detour,香蕉视频直播� but that Trump is 香蕉视频直播渘ot above throwing anything on the wall to see if it sticks.香蕉视频直播�

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Marson suggested that Trump would be better off talking about the economy and immigration, not something he called 香蕉视频直播渙ff topic.香蕉视频直播�

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