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Bill Clinton visits McDonald's in Georgia: Video shows worker's reaction

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Bill Clinton visits McDonald's in Georgia: Video shows worker's reaction

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An employee got quite a surprise when a president stopped by a McDonald's in Georgia over the weekend, only it wasn't the president she was thinking of.

“Are you Joe?” “Mr. Joe,” the employee asked former President Bill Clinton, who was standing in front of the cash register at the popular fast food restaurant in his American varsity jacket.

She immediately corrected herself: “Bill? Oh my God, hello Bill!” The clerk came out from behind the counter to hug Clinton – not current President Joe Biden.

“Take a picture of me,” she said cheerfully. “It’s Bill!”

In the clip, Clinton and the employee are seen smiling as their colleagues took photos of them.

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The now-viral McDonald's interaction was posted by Clinton's deputy chief of staff Angel Ureña.

“The boss was looking for @KamalaHarris in Georgia and had to stop by the old haunt @McDonalds,” Ureña wrote.

During his own campaign, Clinton frequented McDonald's, so much so that a plaque was erected in his honor at a location in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2000, he was photographed leaving a location in Monroe, Michigan. His lunch order was crispy chicken and fries.

“You know, this was a normal thing for me when I was a private citizen, so maybe I do it more often now,” he said at the time, the Toledo Blade reported.

The ex-president's latest visit comes as part of his campaign efforts for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia. The former president gave a speech Monday at a Democratic campaign office in Columbus.

“Uniting people and building people up, fixing the gap, as Isaiah says, those are the things that work,” Clinton said as he spoke to voters and organizers in the Peach State. “Blame, division, humiliation – they get you a lot of votes in an election campaign, but they don’t work.”

Contributor: Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY

Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at [email protected].

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