Current:Home > FinanceThe DNC wants to woo NFL fans in battleground states. Here's how they'll try. -WealthMap Solutions
The DNC wants to woo NFL fans in battleground states. Here's how they'll try.
View
Date:2025-04-14 20:20:29
The Democratic National Committee is launching what it says is the organization's first NFL advertising campaign that starts on Sunday at games located in battleground states, USA TODAY Sports has learned.
The ad campaign is scheduled to happen during Week 6 games and will feature plane banners and skywriting, according to details obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
In Las Vegas for the Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers game, fans will see skywriting urging them to vote against U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and for Vice President Kamala Harris, the DNC says. Planes with banners will be flying over the Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers game in Wisconsin.
Similar banners will fly over the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers game in Charlotte and the Browns-Eagles game in Philadelphia.
The DNC says the skywriting in Las Vegas will read: "Vote Kamala." In Green Bay, a plane banner will read: "Sack Trump’s Project 2025! Vote Kamala!" In Charlotte, a plane banner will read: "Sack Trump’s Project 2025! Vote Kamala!"
In Philadelphia, the banner will read: "Go Birds! Sack Project 2025! Vote Kamala!"
Project 2025 is conservative blueprint composed by the Heritage Foundation for a potential Trump second term.
“It’s NFL Sunday and fans across the battlegrounds are ready to sack Donald Trump’s Project 2025 playbook once and for all," said DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman in a statement. "Trump’s Project 2025 agenda is a dangerous plan to give him unprecedented power over our daily lives, to ban abortion nationwide, allow the government to monitor pregnancies, and give tax giveaways to his billionaire friends.
"That’s why the DNC is meeting voters where they are, with innovative skywriting and plane banners that have a simple message: the most important contest is still to come in November, and America is ready to sack Trump’s Project 2025 agenda, win the game, and cast their vote for Kamala Harris."
The DNC did something similar at a handful of college campuses in early September including the Michigan-Texas game in Ann Arbor, according to CBS News. The banner read: "JD Vance 💗 Ohio State + Project 2025."
Other banners flew over games at Penn State and Wisconsin.
veryGood! (672)
Related
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- Riding wave of unprecedented popularity, WNBA announces 15th team will go to Portland
- Vanderpump Rules’ Lala Kent Shares First Photo of Baby Girl Sosa's Face
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler Shares Son Beau, 11, Has No Memory of Suffering Rare Illness
- Working Well: When holidays present rude customers, taking breaks and the high road preserve peace
- US Army conducts training exercise on Alaskan island less than 300 miles from Russia
- Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Workplace Scandal in Teaser for Final Comedy Special
- Florence Pugh Confirms New Relationship 2 Years After Zach Braff Split
- 'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
- John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump’s GOP?
Ranking
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- Why Deion Sanders believes Travis Hunter can still play both ways in NFL
- Police shift focus in search for Kentucky highway shooting suspect: 'Boots on the ground'
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Floor Plans
- How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
- College Football Playoff bracketology: SEC, Big Ten living up to expectations
- Small plane lands safely at Boston’s Logan airport with just one wheel deployed
- John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump’s GOP?
Recommendation
The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham Reunites With Kelly Bishop—And It's Not Even Friday Night
FBI investigates suspicious packages sent to election officials in multiple states
Police shift focus in search for Kentucky highway shooting suspect: 'Boots on the ground'
Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
Mississippi program aims to connect jailed people to mental health services
Text of the policy statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday
How much do you tip? If you live in these states, your answer may be lower.