The bigger point the DoorDash Grandma squabble missed

The real, troubling message of a PR stunt gone awry.

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It must have seemed like a slam dunk PR opportunity for all concerned: A “DoorDash Grandma” making a (staged) delivery to the White House, affording President Trump a chance to tout his “No Tax on Tips” policy, and DoorDash a prompt to praise that policy for letting “workers keep more of what they earn, including hundreds of millions of dollars for Dashers.”

As press looked on and cameras rolled, Sharon Simmons, sporting a “DoorDash Grandma” T-shirt and handing a couple of McDonald’s bags to Trump, praised the policy for saving her........

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