Staff Reports
The recent antics of Democratic senators have revealed a comical, yet disturbing obsession with America’s favorite fast food chain, McDonald’s. Just after former President Donald Trump made headlines with a campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, Elizabeth Warren, Robert Casey Jr., and Ron Wyden decided to launch an unholy crusade against the golden arches. Of course, their sudden disdain conveniently coincides with Trump’s photo-op, raising eyebrows and suspicions that could rival those of a shark circling a fish fry.
In their latest act of political theater, these senators fired off a letter to McDonald’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski, whining about rising fast food prices. While they claimed to be concerned about working families struggling under the weight of what they termed “Bidenomics,” their timing could not be more suspect. It seems the only thing more inflated than fast food prices is their dramatic sense of urgency. One might question whether these senators would be as vocal if Trump hadn’t been caught flashing a grin with a Big Mac in hand mere hours before.
Democratic Senators Take Action Against McDonald's Just a Day After Trump's Visit
Humorless Dems are such nasty losers. https://t.co/LR3twS4fGf— Johnny Bravo (@johnny_bra6888) October 23, 2024
Their bizarre missive even acknowledged that McDonald’s price hikes aren’t unique to the chain, effectively undermining their own argument. It’s almost as if they realized they were barking up the wrong tree. Instead of holding a successful company accountable for the habits of the broader market, perhaps they should focus on their party’s role in the inflation stampede that has American families feeling the financial squeeze. After all, it’s a modern miracle that a chain can remain profitable while navigating the dumpster fire of an economy fueled by progressive policies.
Then came the pièce de résistance: the senators criticized McDonald’s for not slashing prices on individual menu items while simultaneously admitting that the chain’s success has an “outsize impact” on consumers. Clearly, the message is that success is now a punishable offense under Democrat rule. Instead of elevating the hard work of a thriving corporation, they’d rather drag it down simply because of their own miserable economic mishaps. Equity, it seems, means penalizing winners while handing out participation trophies to losers.
This whole escapade reeks of desperation and, perhaps more insidiously, a bold display of government overreach. Senators have clearly taken it upon themselves to micromanage a business’s pricing strategies, which raises the question: How is such behavior not illegal? The Constitution does not grant politicians the right to poke around in corporate affairs, and yet here we are, watching as they attempt to turn McDonald’s into their day job.
If these Democrats were truly concerned about the American consumer, they might consider examining the policies they so hastily promote before they start pointing fingers at fast food chains. The reality is clear: this attack on McDonald’s is just a distraction from their bigger failures, possibly fueled by their panic over Trump’s re-emergent popularity. If there’s anything fishy in this political fish fry, it’s the Democrats who can’t seem to catch a break amidst their own economic blunders.
