Harris-Walz camouflage hat reaches nearly $1m in sales a day after release
Harris-Walz camouflage hat reaches nearly $1m in sales a day after release
‘The branding coming out of this campaign is unreal,’ one fan writes on X after the camo hat release
The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz camouflage “midwest princess” hat, seemingly inspired by singer Chappell Roan, has reached nearly $1m in sales in 24 hours.
On August 6, Vice President Harris declared the Minnesota governor as her Democratic running mate for the 2024 presidential election this November. In the official announcement video posted by Harris, an ecstatic Walz was featured, celebrating his bid as her vice president candidate from the comfort of his home. The 60-year-old politician dressed in a simple outfit: a black T-shirt, khaki bottoms, and a camouflage baseball cap.
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The $40 “Harris-Walz Camo Hat” is available on the campaign’s website. According to Teen Vogue, 3,000 hats were sold within 30 minutes of the sale going live. Since then, sales have amounted to nearly $1m, according to Teen Vogue’s report.
On the website, the hat is said to be “American made, union made” and all profits go to the Harris Victory Fund. “The most iconic political hat in America,” the description reads. And Bon Iver thinks so as well. The iconic musician was photographed wearing it on stage at a Harris-Walz campaign rally in Wisconisn on August 7.
This is going to break some conservatives who have made camouflage part of their identity. Can't wait.
Now do camo sneakers. With gold trim. Just to poke the bear 😉
That's a great idea if you want to be honest. I don't often see camo sneakers; they'd definitely stand out.
I don't often see camoflauge sneakers
That just means they're doing their job!
I think the idea is that camo doesn’t stand out.
i've never in my 40+ years bought any political campaign merch, and i just spent $50 in the harris walz store
HARRIS WALZ ARE CLOSING IN ON TRUMP 2024
Honestly I wasn't going to either (because I prefer to directly donate) but when I saw that amrican/union-made label I instantly went for it. I am a sucker for American manufactured goods.
Same. I still have all my US union-labor made merch from both of Sanders’ previous primary campaigns. And it still looks and feels great.
IT'S AMERICAN MANUFACTURED? Hol up let me check how much I got in my savings account
Edit: link for those who want it
https://store.kamalaharris.com/harris-walz-printed-camo-hat/
I wish it didn't have their name but some sort of phrase to combat maga.
I'm really dismayed by your political system - I can't put into words how much it disturbs me. I know it's a good thing that the Harris Walz campaign is doing well, but all I hear when seeing news like this is how much money politicians are taking from "average" people to give to insanely rich advertising firms, to develop ads, and even more insanely rich media corporations, to run them. It's messed up.
It's not all ads and media. It's a little tough to get a good source on it, but somewhere between 30 and 50% seem to go to ads based on some older campaigns. The rest go to things like operations (offices, staff), consulting (political strategy, focus groups, etc) and other smaller things like travel and supplies and such.
Those later things can make a bigger difference than the ads, too. If Hillary spent better on her operations in Michigan, for instance, her team would have been more aware of her vulnerabilities. More money wouldn't have helped there, though, as her campaign was already flush with cash and was misspending it on places like Florida.
Ideally campaigns would be funded via taxes, merch sold purely at cost, and strict laws against soliciting donations or running privately funded ads
Teen vogue with the investigatory journalism here
Whoa...made in America and union made.
Been pretty standard for Democratic campaigns for a while. Here's the back of a Biden 2020 pin with the union bug on it.
Also all of Bernie's shop is union made, obviously. At least if the camo hat becomes popular, it will be nearly invisible, unlike the glowing red cry for attention the MAGA hat is.
REAL Patriots make their merch in CHYNA!
This is the news that will make Fox News shit their pants. When you lose camo folks, you have nowhere to go but down
Ha, the left can't wear red hats anymore but now the right can't wear camo hats anymore. That will hit them where it hurts.
Sold out. ☹️
And it's sold out on their site.
Yeah, just ran into the same issue trying to order one.
It's on pre-order now.
ok highest selling for now but once the jd vance couch condom, er I mean cover, comes out it will change things.
"People are saying there's never been such a well sold hat, okay?"
I wish hats fit me.
Sorry for your loss
Lol football head
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Boo, I love Mr Toad's and I'm still bummed they took it out of World even though I haven't worked there in a decade.
It's also the source of one of the best 'Cast Member lore' stories I've heard. The story goes that a woman goes up to the greeter and asks him "What's the ride about?" and he responds "You get hit by a train and go to hell!" The guest is upset by his response and storms off into the queue line. A few minutes later she runs back up to the greeter, excited. "You were completely right, you get hit by a train and go to hell!"
As much as it pains me to say it, this isn't the most iconic political hat in america. We all know which one that is.
Lincoln's stovepipe, obviously.
Now I want a Lincoln/Johnson 1860 stovepipe...
Uncle Sam's red white and blue top hat.
The perfect attire for those times when you have a deer hunting trip in the morning and a political rally in the evening!
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Wikipedia about this sourceYou know where I get my political news and statistics? Teen Vogue. Besides giving the latest on how Bieber is doing, it's just like so cool and stuff.
Here, read a little and educate yourself, Teen Vogue has been doing fantastic investigative journalism for a good while now.
? Are you joking? You would only say that seriously if you haven't paid attention to politics (or if you're a teenager).
Since you mentioned Justin Bieber, I assume you are older. Teen Vogue has had hard hitting politics articles for years:
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/teen-vogue-turns-20-blends-politics-personal/