Finally ... a presidential candidate actually works for a living. 

For a day, at least. 

"I'm looking for a job," Donald Trump joked with a McDonald's franchise owner in Bucks County, PA yesterday. And despite a complete lack of experience on his resumé, the owner took a chance on a 78-year-old applicant, who charmed drive-thru customers and the employees in a brief gig as a fast-food cook and cashier -- although he didn't accept any money from customers, paying for their orders himself. 

And he seems to have done a good job in the fryer, which will blow Tim Walz' mind:

The former president stopped by one of the fast-food chain’s Pennsylvania franchises during his Sunday swing through the Keystone State, where he swapped his suit jacket for an apron to work as a fry attendant. He later handed customers food through the drive-thru window, telling them he had made it himself and that it was all on him.

Manning the fry machine is the same job Vice President Kamala Harris has said she held as a young woman, a biographical detail revealed during her first campaign for president. It has since become a centerpiece of the middle-class origin story she has made key to her pitch to voters as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

Hardest hit ... Tim Walz. The Democrat nominee for VP scoffed two months ago while speaking to a public-employee union that Trump could possibly do a job that requires almost no training whatsoever. "Can you picture Donald Trump working at a McDonalds," Walz asked, "trying to make a McFlurry or anything?" Well, no need to 'picture' it any longer:

Gov. Walz: Vice President Harris grew up in a middle class family and picked up shifts at McDonald’s. Can you picture Donald Trump working at a McDonald’s trying to make a McFlurry or something? He couldn’t run that damn McFlurry machine! #harriswalz2024 pic.twitter.com/uiLvk3jHhu

— Bernie's Buddy (@LPRES6) August 22, 2024

In what universe would this be a dunk, anyway? When Harris' claim to have worked at McDonald's as a student first came under scrutiny, I wondered why she'd bothered to bring it up at all. Fast-food employment is so ubiquitous for Americans as to make it utterly meaningless ... unless you're a politician trying desperately to avoid looking like an elitist. That's why Walz tried to use Harris' story to ridicule Trump as some sort of a multi-billionaire without any idea how to do a day's work. 

Well, put a stake through that, and while we're at it, we can put a stake through the "Trump is exhausted" narrative that the Protection Racket Media has tried to amplify for Team Kamala the last few days. Only one of the two nominees actually did an honest day's work this weekend, and it's not Harris. In fact, Harris barely made an appearance at her own campaign rally in Detroit and sounded pretty tired herself, as Team Trump chortled on Saturday:

Kamala — exhausted and spiraling as she caves under the pressure of losing — was on stage in Detroit for six minutes and 36 seconds.

President Trump was on stage in Detroit for one hour and 27 minutes last night. pic.twitter.com/etWOTObrst

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 19, 2024

Trump pulled a shift at McDonald's and looked like he had a blast. And he's not the only one who had fun. Take a look at the crowd that Trump drew at the Philly-area McDonald's to watch a Republican presidential candidate super-size his support:

This is deep blue Philadelphia. These people are gathered to catch a glimpse of Donald Trump trolling Kamala from inside McDonald’s. 😂😂

This movement is unlike any other. pic.twitter.com/r5RsB2h3Zx

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 20, 2024

Trump chose his spot very well to make a regular-guy connection. Bucks County is just east of Philadelphia, but it's been competitive the last two presidential cycle. Trump only barely lost in Bucks eight years ago by less than 3,000 votes to Hillary Clinton. Joe Biden beat Trump by 17,000 votes four years ago in Bucks, but Biden had more personal connection to Pennsylvania than either Trump or Clinton. Harris not only has no real personal connection to the state, and she snubbed Josh Shapiro for the running-mate position -- the popular sitting governor of a state she can't afford to lose. 

This comes down to cultural connections and disconnections. One presidential candidate rolled up the sleeves and worked side-by-side with blue-collar workers, and picked up the tab for a lot of others. The other spent the last few days snubbing Catholics, ridiculing Christians, and barely checking in to her own event. Late-campaign exhaustion may well explain the outcome of this election, but if it does, it won't be Harris moving into the White House on January 20. 

Addendum: Speaking of cultural connections, here's an interesting exchange at the window:

“Mr. President, please don’t let the United States become Brazil!” pic.twitter.com/ZEgujQMS35

— Margo Martin (@margommartin) October 20, 2024