Obama Administration Hires Top McDonald's Flack to Turn the Public Against McDonald's

“Sit down and tell me what you really think about the minimum wage…”

Here’s a “Sounds Boring, Actually Quite Interesting” news nugget: the Obama administration has hired a former McDonald’s flack to fill a senior PR role in the Labor Department.

Why is this story worth a closer look?

Because Labor Secretary Tom Perez‘s current Big Project involves pushing the administration’s plans to raise the federal minimum wage—a plan strongly opposed by every fast-food chain and every fast food flack. Ofelia