Philadelphia Eagles Posters Endorsing Kamala Harris Are ‘Counterfeit Political Ads,’ The Team Says

By Brooke Mallory, OAN Staff
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 11:49 PM

The NFL team, the Eagles, have denied all allegations that they have officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, noting banners hanging throughout the city of Philadelphia.

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The graphic illustration shows Vice President Kamala Harris wearing a green helmet and black Philadelphia Eagles shirt and holding a football. The poster has the phrase “Kamala, Official Candidate for the Philadelphia Eagles” printed underneath it with the website philadelphiaeagles.com/vote.

The link leads to the Eagles' Vote webpage, which displays past spring voting deadlines for the Pennsylvania and New Jersey primaries. It also provides polling place addresses, instructions for registering to vote and helpful resources for first-time voters.

However, the Philadelphia Eagles have refuted claims that they are to blame for the ad, calling the street art “fake political advertising” and have now begun removing it.

According to CBS News PhiladelphiaMatt Cassidy, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Department of Transportation Infrastructure Systems, said the posters are being investigated as vandalism-related, and that the ads were posted illegally and the city is working closely with advertising company Intersection to have them removed by Tuesday.

“Numerous illegal posters of Kamala Harris and the Philadelphia Eagles were placed at bus stops in Philadelphia. These are not digital advertisements placed by the Harris campaign, the Philadelphia Eagles, SEPTA, the City of Philadelphia, or Intersection, the media agency responsible for the transit advertising space. This is not a digital intrusion; the party responsible for the illegal posters gained access to securely covered bus stop advertising space and placed the posters in some manner. Intersection has notified the city's Office of Transportation Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) that it will be conducting a full inventory of all bus stops tomorrow and removing the illegal posters. The City has a process to review all bus stop advertising, which again is not digital advertising,” the city said in a statement to reporters.

Some social media users have claimed the banner is a work of left-wing art. Artist Winston TsengTseng, the artist credited with creating the Eagles poster, is currently CBS News Philadelphia to verify that claim.

Tseng previously Street Art News He says he likes to use advertising and corporations to draw attention to social issues, and the street artist has previously created politically charged works that parody famous brands.

But soon after the posters spread online, team officials hinted that the ads were, in fact, real. Eagles director of team relations Christian Molnar took to Twitter on Monday to hit back at critics and defend the posters. These claims have yet to be verified.