'Vindictive': Democrat in tight Senate race blasted by GOP rival for swipe at McDonald's after Trump visit

Pennsylvania Senate campaigner Dave McCormick slammed his force successful nan highly-anticipated race, Sen. Bob Casey, for "retaliating against McDonald's" aft erstwhile President Donald Trump visited a location of nan fast-food institution successful nan Keystone State while connected nan run trail. 

A trio of Senate Democrats, Casey, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, issued a missive Monday to nan CEO of McDonald’s, slamming nan institution for reported value gouging, conscionable 1 time aft Trump worked nan fryer astatine a franchise of nan fast-food concatenation during a run arena Feasterville, Pennsylvania. 

The trio's missive accused nan business of inflating prices connected consumers to turn profits, sparking McCormick to slam Casey for utilizing "vindictive unit tactics, simply because he doesn’t for illustration Donald Trump."

"After President Trump's wildly celebrated sojourn to nan section Feasterville McDonald's franchise, Bob Casey has stooped to a caller debased by retaliating against McDonald's. This is conscionable nan latest successful a drawstring of anti-business attacks by Casey connected Pennsylvania mini businesses and employees. Casey is simply a liberal, partisan, profession leader who knows his family dynasty is coming to an end, truthful he resorts to a vindictive unit tactic, simply because he doesn’t for illustration Donald Trump," McCormick told Fox News Digital. 

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Pennsylvania Republican Senate campaigner Dave McCormick, right, and Senator Bob Casey (D- PA). (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images | Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

The senators’ letter, which did not mention Trump, was sent 1 time aft Trump’s sojourn to a McDonald’s successful Casey’s location authorities of Pennsylvania connected Sunday. 

"While McDonald’s is not nan only accelerated nutrient edifice that has accrued prices importantly successful caller years, its ascendant marketplace position arsenic nan largest accelerated nutrient concatenation successful nan United States has an outsize effect connected American consumers," nan trio of senators wrote successful their letter. "While moving families are trying to make ends meet, McDonald’s and its firm counterparts person continued to turn their profits."

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump, left, and Dave McCormick, nan Republican campaigner for U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania, shingle hands during a run arena successful Reading, Pennsylvania, connected Oct. 9, 2024. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)

The missive called connected nan McDonald's CEO to reside questions specified arsenic really nan institution makes pricing decisions connected individual paper items, if McDonald’s provides guidelines to franchisees regarding pricing decisions and if McDonald’s executives received bonuses aliases different incentive-based compensation betwixt 2020 and 2024. 

McDonald’s deed backmost that nan missive "demonstrates a deficiency of knowing of our franchise business model." 

"McDonald’s and our franchisees are committed to keeping prices affordable – from nan mundane prices connected our paper boards, to our celebrated $5 Meal Deal and different offers disposable locally aliases connected nan App. This missive demonstrates a deficiency of knowing of our franchise business exemplary and contains contortions of facts and galore inaccuracies. Take nan components of nan $5 Meal Deal pinch McChicken, for illustration – which would person costs 15% much successful 2020 than they do today. That’s nan other of value gouging. We will respond to nan letter, and successful nan meantime, proceed to show up for our customers and our communities," McDonald’s told Fox News Digital successful a remark Tuesday. 

Former President Donald Trump, center, pinch Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., halfway left, astatine a McDonald's successful Pennsylvania. (Brooke Singman)

Casey pinning blasted for ostentation and economical woes connected value gouging has been a communal taxable of his highly-anticipated re-election campaign, which shifted from a thin Democrat title to a toss-up by Cook Political Report successful a last-minute update this week. Pennsylvania is viewed arsenic nan apical battleground authorities this predetermination rhythm that will apt find nan result of nan national election, pinch governmental eyes besides locked connected nan Senate title that pits Casey against McCormick.

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"The corporations opportunity your prices are up only because their costs are up," Casey declared astatine nan DNC complete nan summer. "They are trading you a lie. It's successful nan container pinch nan diapers. Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to thrust them up."

The McCormick run has deed backmost that nan statement is hogwash, saying that prices person accrued for consumers owed to nan national government’s "wasteful" spending that was "rubber-stamped" by Democrats specified arsenic Casey. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump useful nan drive-thru statement arsenic he visits a McDonald's edifice connected Oct. 20, 2024 successful Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Nearly each McDonald’s locations successful nan U.S. are individually owned franchises, including nan 1 in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, Trump visited connected Sunday. 

"I've now worked for 15 minutes much than Kamala astatine McDonald's," Trump said done nan drive-thru model arsenic he handed retired orders. 

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"I emotion McDonald's, I emotion jobs, I for illustration to spot bully jobs. And I deliberation it's inappropriate erstwhile personification puts down each complete nan spot that you work. Think that was a large portion of her resume and that you worked astatine McDonald's," he added. 

The McDonald’s that Trump visited is owned by Derek Giacomantonio, who told Fox Digital connected Sunday that nan franchise opens "our doors to everyone who visits nan Feasterville community."  

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"As a small, independent business owner, it is simply a basal worth of my statement that we proudly unfastened our doors to everyone who visits nan Feasterville community. That’s why I accepted erstwhile President Trump’s petition to observe nan transformative moving acquisition that 1 successful 8 Americans person had: a occupation astatine McDonald’s," Giacomantonio said. 

Former President Donald Trump worked arsenic a fry navigator connected Sunday day astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald's, claiming he has now worked astatine nan fast-food concatenation longer than Vice President Kamala Harris. (Brooke Singman)

"As a erstwhile unit member, I tin attest this occupation is much than burgers and fries, but a meaningful pathway to opportunity. Local Pennsylvania franchisees for illustration maine are proud to supply much than 25,000 jobs crossed nan authorities and I'm honored to showcase my edifice and nan unthinkable effect of nan franchise business exemplary present today," Giacomantonio continued. 

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Trump’s sojourn to nan McDonald’s has spurred outrage from Democrats, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who accused Trump of "laughing at" American workers by visiting nan McDonald’s. 

"You've sewage Donald Trump putting connected a small McDonald's costume, because he thinks that's what group do," Ocasio-Cortez said during a "Get Out nan Early Vote" union arena successful Pennsylvania. "They're not trying to empathize pinch us. They are making nosy of us."

Trump supporters person championed nan McDonald’s sojourn arsenic iconic, posting memes and photos of nan erstwhile president successful support of his re-election. 

Fox News Digital reached out to nan trio of senators and Casey's run regarding nan missive but did not person replies. 

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