Lara Trump admits ex-president's McDonald's visit was 'stunt' after hairnet complaints

Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump admitted that former President Donald Trump's recent visit to a Pennsylvania McDonald's was a political stunt after he was criticized for not wearing a hairnet while serving fries.

During an interview on Newsmax, host Bianca de la Garza told Lara Trump that Republicans had more "joy" than Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign.

"I think that that is why you've seen so many people move in Donald Trump's direction," Lara Trump agreed. "Well, Donald Trump was having a great time at a McDonald's, working the fryer there, putting extra fries in for people, handing them out through the drive-through window."

"Kamala Harris could never have gone in there and done this sort of thing and actually had the same impact as Donald Trump, and she knows it," she continued. "And that's why you see the left so upset about this. And they're saying, he didn't work the whole shift. It wasn't a full shift at McDonald's.

"I saw somebody say he wasn't wearing a hairnet. Everybody knows that this was a political stunt. Yeah, but it was fun and it was lighthearted."

The Newsmax host accused Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of taking "cheap shots" at the former president over his McDonald's "costume."

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"They are making fun of us. It's not a costume. It's a uniform," the host said.

"Yeah, and it's just gross," Lara Trump complained. "So when you hear people go out there and try to knock somebody for a retail politics-type stop, like at a McDonald's, I think it's ridiculous."

Watch the video below from Newsmax.