Did McDonald's corporate make a statement saying that "they have no record whatsoever of KAMALA HARRIS ever working at any of their locations"? No, that's not true: The McDonald's corporate website page of press releases has no mention of Kamala Harris. A Google search of McDonald's corporate website did not bring up any mention of Kamala Harris at all. There is no evidence supporting the claim that McDonald's corporate has made such a statement.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Truth Social on August 29, 2024. It was captioned:
McDONALD's CORPORATE has come forth and said they have no record whatsoever of KAMALA HARRIS ever working at any of their locations.
TRUTH -
WHEN EVEN McDONALD'S WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, IT'S TIME TO THROW IN THE TOWEL!
#KamalaBillionsServed
This is how the post appeared on Truth Social at the time of writing:
(Source: Truth Social screenshot taken on Tue Sep 10 17:19:04 2024 UTC)
The scope of this fact check is not to determine if Democratic presidential nominee Harris worked at McDonald's as she has claimed on several occasions -- a claim yet to be independently verified. This fact check focuses on the claim that McDonald's corporate made a public statement that there is no record of Harris ever working at any of their locations, a recent claim that has not been supported with evidence.
McDonald's corporate has a page of their website dedicated to press releases (archived here). None of the 2024 announcements are related to this question. At the time of this article's writing, September 10, 2024, the site's search tool yielded no results for the name Kamala Harris (pictured below). A similar search of the corporate.mcdonalds.com website for "Kamala Harris" using Google's advanced search operators (archived here) also yielded no results. A Google search (archived here) for the phrase included in the Truth Social Post returned several fact checks but no credible source linking this statement to a representative from McDonald's corporate.
(Source: corporate.mcdonalds.com screenshot taken on Tue Sep 10 18:18:10 2024 UTC)
Lead Stories reached out by email to the media relations office of McDonald's corporate and will update this article if we receive a response.
Other fact check agencies have also reviewed this claim, including PolitiFact and USA Today.
Additional Lead Stories fact checks on claims related to Kamala Harris can be found here; fact checks on claims regarding McDonald's here.
