Viral Harris-Walz camo hat raises $1 million, draws NRA scorn

The viral camouflage hat sported by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz quickly after he accepted the election has actually raised near $1 million for the Harris project.

A camouflage hat with orange embroidery spelling out “Harris/Walz” struck the main Harris project shop after Walz was envisioned using it Tuesday, offering out its preliminary stock of 3,000 hats in a half hour and raising almost $1 million for the project, according to a report in the Washington Post.

Walz, who has long openly promoted his searching capability, has actually made various public looks throughout the years sporting a camouflage hat, making the product a natural suitable for the project shop. The hat likewise indicates the method of the Harris project, which has actually looked for to highlight Walz’s Midwestern personality in an effort to strengthen assistance in crucial swing states and attract its rural citizens.

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However the hat has actually likewise drawn the reject of critics such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), with the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legal Action informing the Washington Post that “a camouflage hat can’t camouflage the truth that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are gun-grabbing radicals who support seizing guns from obedient hunters and weapon owners.”

In spite of his searching background, Walz has actually long promoted for more stringent weapon laws, and as guv he signed an expense that included universal background checks and a red-flag law. Vice President Harris has actually likewise been a long time supporter for more powerful weapon control, consisting of a Rose Garden speech in 2015 in which the vice president required “passing affordable weapon security laws.”

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Democrat governmental candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, participate in a project rally in Philadelphia on Aug. 6, 2024. ( AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

” President Biden and I think in the 2nd Change, however we likewise understand commonsense services are at hand,” Harris stated at the time.

Nonetheless, Emily L. Newman, a teacher of art history and liberal research studies at Texas A&M University at Commerce, informed the Washington Post that the viral hat sets well with the Walz personality the project is attempting to highlight, arguing that it provides more credit to his argument for weapon guideline.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ( AP Photo/Abbie Parr/File)

” I believed it was a terrific project transfer to capitalize what Walz gives the project, which is this Midwestern perceptiveness,” Newman stated. “He’s spoken about being a hunter, however then he’s such a strong supporter for weapon control that it’s a terrific thing to highlight for the Democrats.”

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