Comment has followed superstar throughout his lifeJordan addresses issue during ESPN’s The Last DanceMichael Jordan has discussed the quote that has come to define what many see as his willingness to put profit over principles.
During a 1990
Senate race in his home state of North Carolina, Jordan refused to endorse Democrat Harvey Gantt, an African
American who was running against the incumbent
Republican Jesse Helms, a notorious racist. Jordan, who at the time had already won the first of his five
NBA MVP awards, explained away his refusal to take a stance by saying “Republicans buy sneakers, too”.