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On Monday, President Donald Trump and the White House pulled a stunt in which they had an elderly DoorDash driver deliver McDonald’s to the Oval Office. That woman, however, has been previously featured in some of the White House’s staging.
Almost immediately after the moment went viral, the internet figured out “DoorDash Grandma” Sharon Simmons is the same woman who appeared in Congress to support Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill in July 2025.
DoorDash grandma a paid actor? 😭 https://t.co/TUgY5BMnnZ pic.twitter.com/2wEOqWa2s4
— Rodney (@cryptojourneyrs) April 14, 2026
Why is Everything Staged?
Today, Trump staged a Door Dash delivery where Sharon Simmons delivered his McDonalds. Trump used Simmons’ husband’s cancer to claim his Jesus pic was Trump the Healer
July 2025, Simmons appeared in Congress to support Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill… https://t.co/1tmF4yWjAh pic.twitter.com/m0PKgBKBNV
— GenXGirl (@GenXGirl1994) April 13, 2026
PR exec for DoorDash crashes out on social media after being called out for the fact that Sharon Simmons is a vocal Trump supporter
Sharon Simmons, the Arkansas grandmother who delivered a bag of McDonald’s to President Trump at the White House on April 13 as part of a DoorDash photo op celebrating the one-year anniversary of the “no tax on tips” policy, has turned out to be a carefully selected participant rather than a random Dasher who happened to get the order.
Simmons, a vocal Trump supporter, is a full-time DoorDash driver since 2022 who has previously testified before Congress in support of the Republican-backed tax measure, and spoke at a separate event in Nevada on the same issue before relocating to Arkansas and being tapped for this staging.
After having their spot blown up, DoorDash PR rep Julian Fels crashed out in the X replies when users began pointing this out, insisting the event was not staged and that Simmons was a “real Dasher.”
The PR guy at DoorDash is having a bit of a crash out pic.twitter.com/uA8YtWewHn
— Brett Meiselas (@BMeiselas) April 14, 2026
I think it’s funny that DoorDash PR felt any of this was worth the squeeze while the admin’s popularity spirals.
“We flew a dasher in from Arkansas” for what?? https://t.co/PBjJX8Xy2n
— AT (@primediscussion) April 14, 2026
While Simmons told Fox News the no tax on tips policy has been genuinely meaningful for her family, allowing her to keep roughly $11,000 in annual tips tax-free and helping cover her husband’s cancer treatments, her presence at multiple White House-driven events have resulted in her being labeled a “plant.”