A digitally altered image of Kamala Harris dressed as a McDonald’s employee has gone viral on social media, sparking debate over her recent claim that she once worked at a McDonald’s in Alameda, California. The photo, widely shared by some liberal users as supposed “proof” of Harris’s claim, is actually a modified image of a white Canadian woman who passed away from cancer in 2007. 

The original photo is of Suzanne Bernier, who passed away from cancer in 2007, according to an archived webpage about her life. 

Some Democrats and pro-Kamala Harris influencers have been sharing a viral photo purported to be proof Harris worked at a California McDonald’s. But the photo is a doctored image stolen from the memorial page of a deceased Canadian cancer victim. Read: https://t.co/GASDhDGgxh

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