News · moment 10 of 22
Doug Emhoff and Beto at Whataburger: Campaign Trail Junk Food Photo-Ops
from President Lip Reading & The Real Emily In Paris | The Tim Dillon Show #413 · #413
4 min
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Tim mocks the political tradition of candidates visiting unhealthy fast food chains like Whataburger for photo ops, arguing it's absurd that politicians promote junk food instead of criticizing it, and mocks Emhoff for removing the pickles from his order.
- Tim notes that all politicians—Trump included—show up at fast food chains for photo-ops at 'poison factories.'
- Whataburger isn't a treat; it's dinner three times a week for poor families with multiple children.
- Instead of pressuring these companies to improve ingredients, politicians show up acting like eating there is amazing.
- People respond to candidates eating fried greasy food because it makes them seem relatable; a farmers market visit would get them called elitist.
- Why not go to the Marlboro factory and light up—both are poison, and everyone already knows it.
- Doug Emhoff stands in Whataburger talking about voting as the essence of democracy and the essence of our country.
- Tim questions who would be swayed by Emhoff's Whataburger appearance to suddenly change their view of him.
- Adults don't substitute ingredients or leave things out when they order—you eat what comes, period.
- Emhoff, a 'philandering scumbag,' makes a poor Mexican worker in the back remake his order to leave out pickles.
WhataburgerDoug MahowaldBeto O'RourkeChick-fil-A