Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz made his debut as Vice President Kamala Harris‘s running mate on Tuesday evening, following the event, he shared an image of himself in the newly released “Harris-Walz Camo Hat.”
The Harris campaign’s new camouflage hat featuring orange embroidery with the words “Harris/Walz” with an initial stock of 3,000 hats sold out within just 30 minutes and raised nearly $1 million for the campaign via its online store, the Washington Post reported.
The hat’s camouflage design and orange stitching were intended to resemble hunting apparel. Interestingly, it also resembled a hat sold by the pop sensation Chappell Roan.
Chappell Roan wrote on X over a reposted image of her “Midwest Princess” hat next to the Harris-Walz camo hat; “Is this real?”
Walz, known for his passion for hunting, has frequently been seen wearing a camouflage hat during public appearances. The Harris campaign has capitalized on this by offering a similar hat in their campaign store, aiming to highlight Walz’s Midwestern roots and appeal to rural voters in crucial swing states.
However, the hat has not been well-received by all. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has criticized the campaign’s move. The executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action told the Washington Post that “a camo hat can’t camouflage the fact that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are gun-grabbing radicals who support confiscating firearms from law-abiding hunters and gun owners.”
Despite his hunting background, Walz during his tenure, he enacted legislation mandating universal background checks and implementing a red-flag law. Similarly, Harris has long been a proponent of tighter gun control, as evidenced by her Rose Garden speech last year in which the vice president called for “passing reasonable gun safety laws.”
In her speech, Harris had said: “President Biden and I believe in the Second Amendment, but we also know common sense solutions are at hand.”
Emily L Newman, an art history and liberal studies professor at Texas A&M University at Commerce said that the viral hat aligns well with the image the Walz campaign aims to project, arguing that it lends more credit to his argument for gun regulation, the Washington Post reported.
“I thought it was a great campaign move to cash in on what Walz brings to the campaign, which is this Midwestern sensibility,” Newman said.
“He’s talked about being a hunter, but then he’s such a staunch advocate for gun control that it’s a great thing to play up for the Democrats,” he added.
The Harris campaign’s new camouflage hat featuring orange embroidery with the words “Harris/Walz” with an initial stock of 3,000 hats sold out within just 30 minutes and raised nearly $1 million for the campaign via its online store, the Washington Post reported.
The hat’s camouflage design and orange stitching were intended to resemble hunting apparel. Interestingly, it also resembled a hat sold by the pop sensation Chappell Roan.
Chappell Roan wrote on X over a reposted image of her “Midwest Princess” hat next to the Harris-Walz camo hat; “Is this real?”
Walz, known for his passion for hunting, has frequently been seen wearing a camouflage hat during public appearances. The Harris campaign has capitalized on this by offering a similar hat in their campaign store, aiming to highlight Walz’s Midwestern roots and appeal to rural voters in crucial swing states.
However, the hat has not been well-received by all. The National Rifle Association (NRA) has criticized the campaign’s move. The executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action told the Washington Post that “a camo hat can’t camouflage the fact that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are gun-grabbing radicals who support confiscating firearms from law-abiding hunters and gun owners.”
Despite his hunting background, Walz during his tenure, he enacted legislation mandating universal background checks and implementing a red-flag law. Similarly, Harris has long been a proponent of tighter gun control, as evidenced by her Rose Garden speech last year in which the vice president called for “passing reasonable gun safety laws.”
In her speech, Harris had said: “President Biden and I believe in the Second Amendment, but we also know common sense solutions are at hand.”
Emily L Newman, an art history and liberal studies professor at Texas A&M University at Commerce said that the viral hat aligns well with the image the Walz campaign aims to project, arguing that it lends more credit to his argument for gun regulation, the Washington Post reported.
“I thought it was a great campaign move to cash in on what Walz brings to the campaign, which is this Midwestern sensibility,” Newman said.
“He’s talked about being a hunter, but then he’s such a staunch advocate for gun control that it’s a great thing to play up for the Democrats,” he added.
