Kamala Harris opens up about her role at McDonald’s during her student job

During her first one-on-one interview after President Joe Biden’s endorsement, Kamala Harris spoke up about her experience working at McDonald‘s as a student. Following her address at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, the vice president spoke with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle about her prior position at the fast food chain and her outlook for the nation’s economy.

While discussing the economy, Ruhle pointed out that surveys continue to show that Americans believe Donald Trump would do a better job of handling the economy. Harris retorted that she shares more characteristics with the typical American than the former president due to her upbringing. Harris brought up the fact that she spent her undergraduate years working at McDonald’s.

Speaking out about her position at McDonald’s, Kamala Harris

Ruhle’s question, “At any point in your life, have you served two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed bun?” prompted Harris to talk about serving hamburger buns. “On a sesame seed bun?” Harris shot back, “But it was not a small job.” I mean, I made fries.

Then Harris spoke more somberly about her previous employment. There are folks who work at McDonald’s in our nation who are attempting to raise a family, which is part of the reason I even bring up the topic of working there. There, as a student, I worked. I worked there as a young employee. Our perspectives on the needs of the American people and our obligations to satisfy those needs, I believe, are some of the things that separate me from my opponent,” the candidate said.

In another section of the interview, Harris mentioned Trump’s claim to be the “protector” of women. Ruhle was informed by the veep that Trump’s plans really “punish women.” “So, I think we would all agree that, as a result of that perspective that he has about women, he also then chose three members of the United States Supreme Court who did as he intended, undid the protections of Roe v. Wade,” Harris stated in reference to Trump’s record of overturning Roe v. Wade.

“And now in state after state, you see laws being passed that do punish women, laws that—I mean, most recently, a heartbreaking story resulted in a young woman dying, a mother of a 6-year-old, heartbreaking stories,” the speaker said. And that applies just to the listener—not to say their family.