President Donald Trump receiving a DoorDash delivery from Sharon Simmons at the White House sparked a major controversy as it was nothing more than a PR tactic and Simmons was a known MAGA supporter. Simmons, a grandmother of 10, has completed more than 14,000 deliveries and has been working with DoorDash since 2022. But it’s unclear why 58-year-old Simmons was flown in from Arkansas and why a local doordasher was not chosen for the job.Trump reportedly gave Simmons a $100 tip after handing him two McDonald’s bags on Monday. As she stood beside him during a press conference, he asked her if she supported transgender athletes in women’s sports.Simmons responded, “I don’t really have an opinion on it.” “I’m here about no tax on tips.”Trump asked her if she voted for him but her answer was unclear as she said ‘maybe’. But she is a well-known face as she has appeared with MAGA leaders in various videos. Republican Representative David Kustoff posted about hearing from Simmons at a Ways and Means Committee field hearing in Nevada on July 28, 2025, saying he shared how the One Big Beautiful bill would “make a real difference in his life.”Simmons’ husband was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer in early 2025, and Trump asked her during the photo-op about her husband’s battle with cancer. Simmons said he has the wonderful DoorDash family to thank for the meeting with Trump. “They called me and asked me if I was up for it…and I said, yes.”DoorDash said this was apparently a planned event and no one claimed otherwise. “Nobody is claiming that this was an actual delivery,” Julian Crowley, DoorDash’s public affairs officer, said in a post on X. “This was clearly and obviously a planned event to mark the beginning of a new policy. Claims that Sharon is a prop, plant or an actor are completely false and baseless. She is a dasher and she attended to support a policy that benefits her.” Max Rettig, DoorDash’s global head of public policy, said in a statement that Monday’s delivery “represents something bigger than a single delivery” and that Dashers across the country collectively saved “hundreds of millions of dollars” last year under the no-tips-tax policy.
