“'They Don’t Deserve This': Trump Supporters Stand by ‘Hassled’ McDonald’s That Hosted Former President”

BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania — Jim Worthington, a Bucks County businessman and avid supporter of former President Donald Trump, handed crisp $20 bills to the cashier at the Pennsylvania McDonald’s where Trump campaigned this month as Americans donning Trump merchandise lined up to place their orders.

To Worthington, the leader of Pennsylvania’s delegation at the Republican National Convention and one of the key orchestrators of the Trump McDonald’s visit, the crowd of Trump supporters converging on the restaurant was all about standing up for the former president and the franchise in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, for taking risks by welcoming Trump.

“The individual that owns the franchise went out of his way, and you never know what the reaction is going to be from people that don’t agree with hosting something political,” Worthington told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “For me, I’ve had experience where they actually boycotted my business because of my support and it cost me millions of dollars in lost revenue. It takes a lot of guts to do that. I don’t know how his business has been impacted or not impacted, but I just wanted to show my appreciation.”

In the wake of Trump’s widely-publicized campaign stop at the “Golden Arches,” Yelp disabled reviews for the location amid a flood of negative comments, and the franchise’s owner retained private security to ensure the safety of employees and patrons in response to threats made against the eatery.

Several of the scores of Trump backers who came out to the McDonald’s told the DCNF that they wanted to show their support for the former president and the location that hosted him after the restaurant became a lightning rod for negativity.