Michael Jordan denies claims of support for Donald Trump years after rumors that ‘Republicans buy sneakers too’

Michael Jordan sets the record straight on the subject of his support for the following president of the United States.

This got here after a rumor surfaced on Twitter that the basketball legend had endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who’s running against Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

User X uploaded a post with a photograph of Jordan with the caption: “JUST IN: Michael Jordan is the last person to endorse Donald Trump for president.”

The post from November 3 was extremely popular with over 58,000 likes and over 6,800 re-posts. Jordan, nevertheless, quickly stepped in to dissociate himself from the false claims and made it clear that he didn’t provide any public support in any respect.

In an interview with The Independent on November 5, his representatives told the basketball legend he said“There is absolutely no truth to the claim that Michael Jordan endorsed the presidential election.”

Fans reacted to the statement by applauding Jordan for maintaining his privacy.

One fan on the Daily Mail website he said“I’m glad he doesn’t vote or vote. Regardless of who he supports. I have total respect for that. Classy behavior and thank you.”

Another said: “Jordan is value over $3 billion and he still gets as much as $250 million a 12 months from Nike for his Air Jordans deal. MJ doesn’t care about politics. Playing in silence since it pays off…….

Assuming he supports Trump, one person said: “Leave him alone, some people similar to to keep away from it, it’s none of our business who he votes for. People are only attempting to connect anyone to anyone without them knowing.

A 3rd person said: “MJ stays away from drama and doesn’t become involved in politics. Let him be. It’s his right.

This is strictly what Jordan selected to do throughout his entire sports profession.

In the fifth episode of his documentary series “The Last Dance” on ESPN, Jordan said: “When I played sports, I wasn’t a politician. I focused on my craft. Was it selfish? Probably. But that was my energy. That was where my energy was.”

He also addressed his infamous “Republicans buy shoes too” quote that appeared in the course of the 1990 North Carolina Senate race between Republican Jesse Helms and Democrat Harvey Gantt. This quote was documented within the book “The Second Coming” by creator and sportswriter Sam Smith, and was even re-quoted, replacing the term “shoes” with the term “sneakers”.

In 2016, Slate published an article stating this Jordan’s spokesman Estee Portno sent them an email denying that Jordan had ever made such a press release.

“I don’t think I need to correct that statement because I said it jokingly on the bus with Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen. It was blown off the cuff,” Jordan said on “The Last Dance” in 2020.

“My mom asked me to do a PSA for Harvey Gantt, and I said, ‘Listen, Mom, I do not speak out of my pocket about someone I do not know. But I’ll send a donation to support him. And that’s exactly what I did.

Deloris Jordan’s son added: “I commend Muhammad Ali for standing up for what he believes in. But I never thought of myself as an activist. I believed of myself as a basketball player.