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From McDonald’s to Congress: can a former fry cook flip a key district for Democrats?
Manny Rutinel hopes price-tag politics can win voters in a Colorado House race. During his campaign, Donald Trump staged a photo op at a McDonald's franchise in Pennsylvania while making claims about Kamala Harris’s past job there. This posturing capitalized on an affordability crisis triggered by high inflation after the Covid pandemic.
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