Michael Jordan’s camp was forced to speak out after a viral post on social media suggested that the NBA legend had endorsed Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The NY Post reports on Sunday, a post on X falsely claimed that the six-time NBA champion has “become the latest to endorse Donald Trump for President”.
The post instantly went viral, racking up thousands of likes and reposts. But the following day, Jordan’s reps denied that he has endorsed either candidate in the race to the White House.
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“There is absolutely no truth to the claim that Michael Jordan has made an endorsement in the presidential election,” Jordan’s reps told The Independent.
The basketball legend has made a conscious effort to keep his political views private over the years. The same goes for his personal life.
As he put it during the filming of his docuseries The Last Dance, released in 2020, Jordan said, “I never thought of myself as an activist. I thought of myself as a basketball player.”
Back in 1990, Jordan decided against publicly endorsing Democrat Harvey Gantt during a North Carolina Senate race.
Gantt, a black democrat, was challenging Jesse Helms for a senate seat in North Carolina.