PHILADELPHIA — City of Philadelphia officials and the Philadelphia Eagles said this week that they're working to remove a series of phony political posters that appear to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election.
The posters have reportedly been spotted at numerous SEPTA bus shelters around the city, officials said Monday. They depict a drawing of Harris wearing an Eagles helmet and holding a football, with text that reads "Kamala Harris: Official Candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles."
According to reports, the posters have been spotted at 34th and Walnut Streets, North 16th and Spring Garden Streets, and 18th Street and JFK Boulevard.
The team said Monday on its social media platforms: “We are aware counterfeit political ads are being circulated and are working with our advertising partner to have them removed."
The company that owns the bus shelters, Intersection Media, released a statement that neither the company nor the Eagles had anything to do with the creation of the posters, and "Intersection staff will be removing the ads as soon as possible."
Some concerned citizens may have beaten Intersection Media to the punch; social media videos on Monday showed a man covering the counterfeit ads with copies of the Eagles' published statement.
A spokesperson for the city released a statement saying that the ads were “illegally placed," and that the ads were not released by the Harris campaign, the Eagles, SEPTA, the City of Philadelphia, or Intersection Media.
No one has come forward to take responsibility for the ads.
Danny Freeman, a CNN correspondent in Philadelphia, reported Tuesday afternoon that the ads were already coming down.
