An X post from former Vice President Kamala Harris on this Labor Day has generated hundreds of mostly critical comments.
“When unions are strong, our communities and our country are strong. Every person in our nation has benefited from the labor movement. This Labor Day, we celebrate the workers and unions who have fought for fair wages, safe workplaces, and sick leave for all of us,” posted Harris.
One commenter posted in response, “The Dems talking point for today is…UNIONS. Today is literally for the worker but in true form, democrats make it about the evil system.”
That was a reference to Harris’s claim during the 2024 Presidential campaign that she had worked at McDonalds during law school. Then candidate Donald Trump pushed back, insisting Harris made up the claim to make it sound like she had middle class roots.
McDonald’s said it didn’t have records extending back to when the vice president would have worked at any franchise.
Freedom Foundation, an Olympia, Wash., based think tank, has helped tens of thousands of American workers opt out of paying union dues since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus decision in 2018.
