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City rebukes ‘illegally placed’ bus stop ads that falsely show Eagles endorsing Kamala Harris [Video]

PHILADELPHIAThe company responsible for placing advertisements on bus stop shelters across Philadelphia will remove any leftover fraudulent posters that depict the Eagles endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Intersection, an advertising media agency, said they will “conduct a full inventory of all bus shelters, and remove any illegal posters.” They added that the posters appear to have been put up by someone who broke into securely covered ad space on several bus stop shelters.

“These were not digital ads placed by the Harris campaign, the Philadelphia Eagles, SEPTA, The City of Philadelphia, or the advertising media agency, Intersection, that handles the transit shelter ad space,” a statement from the city’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure read.

The ads show a cartoon character carrying a football and wearing an Eagles helmet with “Kamala Official Candidate of the Philadelphia Eagles” written in Eagles-style font. Pictures of the posters started spreading Monday on social media, and prompted a …

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