Democrats are finding their footing on football, promoting their pigskin backgrounds and talking up the game. Republicans, however, see an inauthentic rebrand.
Embracing football is a striking play because it is something of a shift for a party that had been growing steadily more critical of the game — particularly on player safety.
“The libs somehow winning football in the culture wars, I don’t think I would have had it on my bingo card but I’m pretty psyched about it,” a Harris campaign official said. “Democrats are just winning on normal things.”
