Move over, coconut trees. Vice President Kamala Harris‘ plugged-in presidential campaign continues to lean into online culture, from Kamala HQ’s Brat branding on X (formerly Twitter) to the Love Island-inspired introduction to her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
When Walz, a seemingly quintessential Midwest dad, was announced as the vice presidential pick, it didn’t take long for social media to connect the dots to another Midwestern star of the moment: Chappell Roan. The 26-year-old pop singer has had a meteoric rise over the last year with her debut full-length album, The Rise and Fall of Midwest Princess, rising on the Billboard 200 chart (currently sitting at No. 4) nearly a year after its release.
The comparisons to the Midwest Princess herself kicked it up a notch when Kamala HQ tweeted, “New merch just dropped,” with a link to a camo hat, reminiscent of Roan’s own merchandise. The item’s description reads: “You asked, we answered. The most iconic political hat in America.”
