Nike Donates Millions to Republicans While Making Billions From Kaepernick Endorsement

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Nike Donates Millions to Republicans While Making Billions From Kaepernick Endorsement
Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
Monday 3:26pmFiled to: NIke


Nike did it.

They took the glorious afro-ed Colin Kaepernick, the face of a movement against the killings of unarmed black men, women and children, and made him the face of their “Just Do It” campaign.

It was a beautiful “fuck you” to the NFL, who essentially whiteballed the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback from playing in the league, as Nike scheduled the commercials to run during the league’s highest-profile football games.

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According to a new report from the Center for Responsive Politics—a non-profit, non-partisan research group focusing on money in politics—“Nike employees and its political action committee have donated more than three times as much money to Republican candidates as democratic challengers for the 2018 election season,” Yahoo Sports reports.

Here’s how Yahoo Sports details the contributions:

In all, Nike has given $424,000 to the GOP compared to $122,000 to Democrats. The findings follow a recent trend showing Nike has donated more to Republicans than Democrats in every election cycle since 2010 with the exception of 2016.

According to the report, nearly half of all donated funds from Nike employees has come from co-founder Phil Knight and his family.

The Knight family has also given $1.5 million to Republican Knute Buehler in his race for Oregon governor against incumbent democrat Kate Brown. The contribution is the largest individual donation to an Oregon candidate since the state started electronically tracking such dealings in 2006.

Nike World Headquarters are located Beaverton, Oregon.

And this becomes the obvious issue with taking a grassroots movement corporate. Historically Republicans have been the party of big business and, while supporting Kaepernick’s movement was in part a proactive decision by a large company to be on the right side of history, it was always a business decision. You don’t have to have a business degree from Wharton to look at those who oppose Kaepernick’s movement and those who line up outside Nike stores waiting for Nike Off-White Jordans to drop to realize that supporting Kaepernick is a sound business move.

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[Fullduplexxx]

1. They want their tax breaks ... kind of funny nikes hires kap dems rush to support him. Nike takes

Their cash and gives it to the cons

[Javaman]

2. and they laugh all the way to the bank...

I haven't bought a nike product on over 30 years. ever since the sweatshop issues.