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Strategy October 01, 2024

Election 2024: Headline Merch From Top Democratic Candidates

As the races heat up, candidates on the left side of the aisle are getting creative with their political promo.

By  Phineas Hogan

Election season is in full swing, and Democrats are eyeing seats in the country’s biggest political races. Here’s some of the intriguing Democratic 2024 election merch that politicians are using to advocate for the left.

Stein Times Two

The gubernatorial race in North Carolina is one of the most intriguing in the country. It was the only state Donald Trump won in 2020 where the governor was a Democrat. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is running to defend the position for Democrats against Mark K. Robinson, the state’s Republican lieutenant governor.

In this battleground election, Stein is pulling out the big puns. His campaign is selling 28-oz. ceramic steins with his logo, a blue silhouette of North Carolina with the words “Josh Stein” and “governor” printed over it. Stein surely has high hops that this merchandise will help him be the beer winner of this election.

Schiff Happens

From the east coast to the west coast, Democrats are punning for office. California Senate candidate Adam Schiff took a sip out of Stein’s strategy with his line of “Get Schiff Done” merchandise, featuring Schiff in a sharp suit looking left through his aviators with the slogan beside him on a mug, T-shirt and tote bag.

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Among his array of sarcastic merchandise, Schiff has another name play in his holster with “Schiffective,” an adjective used to describe one who is “effective in getting things done.” His campaign also sells merch calling to abolish the filibuster and shirts that say “Censure Me.”

Quite the ‘Collection’

There are many words that can be used to describe this exchange in May between Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and it’s worth a watch.

To summarize: Rep. Greene makes an off-topic accusation, Rep. Crockett questions her line of thinking and Greene responds by commenting on Crockett’s eyelashes, suggesting she couldn’t read through them. The chamber gasps, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known as AOC) moves to strike Greene’s words, reprimands the Georgia congresswoman for commenting on another’s appearance and suggests that she apologize. Greene agrees to strike her words but rebuts an apology.

Crockett then poses a question to Chairman Rep. James Comer.

“I’m just curious. To better understand your ruling: if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blonde, bad built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?” Crockett inquired.

Comer, a congressman from Kentucky, reacts with an inquisitive look on his face.

“A what now?”

The exchange went viral, and in the following weeks, Crockett capitalized by releasing a line of merch coined “The Clapback Collection.”

The “B6 T-Shirts” feature the six Bs of Crockett’s response – bleach, blonde, bad, built, butch and body – in bold capital lettering. They come in two variations: a black shirt with white lettering and a white shirt with rainbow lettering.

Fresh Cup of Tears

In November 2019, billionaire and former Goldman Sachs executive Leon Cooperman was brought to tears on live television while discussing a tax proposal from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren if she were to be elected president.

Though she didn’t become the chief executive, the Warren campaign sells mugs blazoned with the words “Billionaire Tears” to commemorate the moment. (The mugs have been a staple from her presidential run four years ago.) For those who prefer their tears iced, the campaign also offers a plastic water bottle with the same message.