Philadelphia Eagles Label Kamala Harris Endorsement Ads as ‘Counterfeit’

The Philadelphia Eagles seem to be distancing themselves from Vice President Kamala Harris, as reports reveal they have started taking down fake endorsement ads featuring Harris in their team gear.

In a post on X, the NFL team announced that they are actively removing these ads, clarifying that they are not responsible for them.

“We are aware counterfeit political ads are being circulated and are working with our advertising partner to have them removed,” the team posed on X.

Several videos have gone viral depicting the Philadelphia Eagles backing Kamala Harris. The ads show a drawing of Harris wearing an Eagles helmet, with the caption: “Kamala, Official Candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles.”

It also has a link to “philadelphiaeagles.com/vote,” which is an official website belonging to the Eagles designed to get people to vote.

The link also displays previous primary election voting deadlines from the spring in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Fox29 Philadelphia reporter Steve Keely noted that, according to the Post Millennial, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has stated that the city owns the bus shelters where the advertisements have been posted.

“SEPTA’s ad spaces are mostly in train stations and on-board buses and trains. So far, we have not heard anything about ads like this appearing on SEPTA property,” a spokesman for SEPTA said.

Matt Cassidy from Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems told CBS News Philadelphia that the city is treating the incident as vandalism. They are working with the advertising company to ensure all the posters are removed by Tuesday.

“A number of illegally placed posters of Kamala Harris and the Philadelphia Eagles were placed in bus shelters in Philadelphia,” the city wrote in a statement to the outlet. “These were not digital ads placed by the Harris campaign, the Philadelphia EAGLES, SEPTA, The City of Philadelphia or the media agency, Intersection, that handles the transit ad space.

 

“This was not a digital breach; whomever is responsible for the illegally placed posters, broke into the securely covered shelter ad space and somehow put the posters in the space. Intersection has advised the City’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) that they plan to conduct a full inventory tomorrow of all bus shelters, and remove any illegally posters. The City has a process to review all bus shelter ads but this, again, was not a digital ad.”

A video that has since gone viral, posted on X, shows a Philadelphia resident taking action by covering up the fake advertisements with copies of the Eagles’ official statement labeling them as “counterfeit.”

Although the identity of the person who created or posted the advertisements around the city remains unclear, journalist Laura Loomer noted on X that Christian Molnar, the Director of Team Relationships for the Eagles, made a post contradicting the claims of both the city and the Eagles regarding the advertisements being placed illegally and without their knowledge.

In a separate post, Molnar described the removal of the signs as vandalism. Loomer managed to capture a screenshot of Molnar’s post before it was deleted.

One of Loomer’s followers remarked that Molnar has several anti-Trump posts on his account.

By Tuesday, most of the advertisements had been removed.

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