Viral Taylor Swift-inspired friendship bracelets have raised over $1 million, Kamala Harris' campaign says

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has raised “over a million dollars” from the sale of a pair of Taylor Swift-inspired friendship bracelets, a merchandise consultant with the campaign said.

The two-packs of beaded, Democratic-blue bracelets that spell “Harris-Walz 24″ were released in lockstep with the megawatt pop star’s endorsement of Harris that immediately followed the Sept. 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia.

“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader,” Swift wrote under an Instagram photo of herself posing with her youngest cat, Benjamin Button. The photo — and her “Childless Cat Lady” sign-off — were thinly veiled shade toward former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who had made disparaging comments about women without children.

Bracelet preorders initially sold out within hours of their Sept. 10 release, but sales have since resumed. “Over 100,000″ bracelets had been ordered as of Tuesday, according to the merchandise consultant, an independent contractor hired by the campaign who declined to be named out of fears his business would be targeted by working on a partisan case. The bracelet duos sell for $20 on the Harris campaign’s official website and will ship out on Oct. 15.



https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/harris-walz-friendship-bracelets-merch-sales-2024-election-20240925.html

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