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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

I grew up in NC and everybody idolized Michael Jordan, quote or not. We didn't know it at the time, but the chip on his shoulder that made him a basketball legend also made him a world-class jerk. He had the benefit of playing before the 24/7 news cycle and social media. If he played in modern times he would have been a polarizing figure like LeBron James.

Jordan was similar to Bargatze in that he cared a whole lot more about selling shoes than he did about politics or stupid Republicans or Democrats when he was Bargatze's age. Bargatze is not a political person. He is a UFC fan. He laughs at all the silly low IQ duped Republicans and Democrats just as many of is other normal people do.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

I grew up in NC and everybody idolized Michael Jordan, quote or not. We didn't know it at the time, but the chip on his shoulder that made him a basketball legend also made him a world-class jerk. He had the benefit of playing before the 24/7 news cycle and social media. If he played in modern times he would have been a polarizing figure like LeBron James.

Jordan was similar to Bargatze in that he cared a whole lot more about selling shoes than he did about politics or stupid Republicans or Democrats when he was Bargatze's age. Bargatze is not a political person. He is a UFC fan. He laughs at all the silly low IQ duped Republicans and Democrats just as many of is other normal people do.

I don't think folks that really care about "selling" embrace Maga. That is not a minuscule market, but it is so much smaller than the non-maga market. He can do whatever he wants but risking the giant non-maga market does not seem like a smart business strategy.

You're correct and if he had it do over it again, Im sure he'd skip this UFC event due to the location. This being said; attending this particular event doesn't automatically qualify someone as MAGA and neither does having a photo taken with other celebrities who are MAGA.. Only someone as dumb as a MAGA would think such a silly thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Who remembers this:

Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

I grew up in NC and everybody idolized Michael Jordan, quote or not. We didn't know it at the time, but the chip on his shoulder that made him a basketball legend also made him a world-class jerk. He had the benefit of playing before the 24/7 news cycle and social media. If he played in modern times he would have been a polarizing figure like LeBron James.

Jordan was similar to Bargatze in that he cared a whole lot more about selling shoes than he did about politics or stupid Republicans or Democrats when he was Bargatze's age. Bargatze is not a political person. He is a UFC fan. He laughs at all the silly low IQ duped Republicans and Democrats just as many of is other normal people do.

I don't think folks that really care about "selling" embrace Maga. That is not a minuscule market, but it is so much smaller than the non-maga market. He can do whatever he wants but risking the giant non-maga market does not seem like a smart business strategy.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

I grew up in NC and everybody idolized Michael Jordan, quote or not. We didn't know it at the time, but the chip on his shoulder that made him a basketball legend also made him a world-class jerk. He had the benefit of playing before the 24/7 news cycle and social media. If he played in modern times he would have been a polarizing figure like LeBron James.

Jordan was similar to Bargatze in that he cared a whole lot more about selling shoes than he did about politics or stupid Republicans or Democrats when he was Bargatze's age. Bargatze is not a political person. He is a UFC fan. He laughs at all the silly low IQ duped Republicans and Democrats just as many of is other normal people do.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

I grew up in NC and everybody idolized Michael Jordan, quote or not. We didn't know it at the time, but the chip on his shoulder that made him a basketball legend also made him a world-class jerk. He had the benefit of playing before the 24/7 news cycle and social media. If he played in modern times he would have been a polarizing figure like LeBron James.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

Entertainers, and that includes sports stars, can say and do whatever they please. And the public can do the same. If you want to buy Michael Jordan sneakers, go ahead. If you want to listen to this comedian, go ahead.

And for those that choose other sneakers or want to listen to some other comedian instead of this Maga dude, they have every right to do so.

Exactly. Nobody's saying you can't watch him, just that they won't. Somehow this is super triggering to the MAGA-loving snowflakes.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

Entertainers, and that includes sports stars, can say and do whatever they please. And the public can do the same. If you want to buy Michael Jordan sneakers, go ahead. If you want to listen to this comedian, go ahead.

And for those that choose other sneakers or want to listen to some other comedian instead of this Maga dude, they have every right to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who's surprised he's MAGA has been deluding themself. The writing was on the wall.

Ok. Well now it's clear so that is that.

There was no writing on the wall. Nate is a high IQ individual which excludes him from the MAGA idiot crowd. A White House appearance for a celebrity does not signal their political leanings. There are a gazillion examples of celebrity appearances at The White House. Grow up, idiots.

If he's so high iq he would know better than go celebrate at the birthday party from someone he dislikes. That for lame users. Just decline the invitation.

If you were given a list of all the celebrities who have visited the The White House over the past 10 years, your crybaby weak minded self would have no sports or entertainment to indulge in. Get over it. Famous people are going to pass through The White House regardless of how awful the POTUS is.

If you want to watch this comedian go right ahead. He didn't have to go to this hideous event. He chose to do that.

The interesting part for me is that there was no mention of this at all on his own social media. If it were not for Cheryl Hines sharing a pic, nobody would be talking about this today. That is interesting. And I've thought about what I would do, if I were doing PR for him.

For me, this is different from someone's comedy being edgy. This isn't someone taking a medium that rests on pushing boundaries and wearing it clearly to push those boundaries. This feels more like Louis CK, who I just don't want to watch in anything anymore, because he made the choice to walk around women in a power differential with his dick out, and got off on it. That's not edgy, just pretty gross. He doesn't get to rest "edgy comedian skills" on that. It wasn't his comedy. It was just a bad choice.

Same for Bargatze. If this were a part of his comedy, and he owned it, and it was actually clever? Not the same. This is a kind of gross choice, and I just don't want to spend time with him in my head space. It wasn't clever. It wasn't "edgy." It wasn't even funny. It was just some guy having fun on the White House lawn in a spectacle with this rotting president watching fireworks and physical violence while people can't afford to feed their children or gas up their cars to go to work.

That's not comedy, PPs. That's being a human who sucks.

It’s a gross choice TO YOU.

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Michael Jordan's most infamous political statement is the quote "Republicans buy sneakers, too". It is often cited to explain his refusal to endorse Black Democrat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 North Carolina U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms.

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Anonymous wrote:Is riidiculous to not enjoy musicians, comedians, authors, etc who don't share your political views. I'm an older moderate to conservative, white, southern woman. You might think I wouldn't, but I LOVE Wanda Sykes' routines and humor. I look for her Instagram clips and think she's fabulous! Nate Bartgaze has a low key sense of humor that's also very funny!

Enjoy whatever comedians you want. If supporting Trump interferes with someone's enjoyment of a comedian or entertainer or singer or a product, so be it. If you think that's ridiculous, that's about you. It doesn't change what someone else's chooses for entertainment?.

PP here. Just know that I'm definitely not a Trump supporter or MAGA and I'm pretty liberal on social issues. I just think social media is ruining many cultural events. In the past, we enjoyed entertainers for their talent and skills.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so disappointed to see this. I won’t be contributing to any viewership or concerts of his anymore. Like PP said it just taints the image to the point where it’s not enjoyable anymore. I wouldn’t be able to see past it to enjoy the humor.

Why would anyone want to be able to see past it? Knowing if someone is a trump supporter is good information to have when you're making decisions about how to spend your valuable time and energy.

+ 1. DP. There is so much good art in the world - books, movies, music, theater, live comedy, to name just a few. Time and money are limited. I could not possibly consume it all in my life. And in 5 years, there will be more art and new artists. We have to make choices. Very few artists are of such a caliber that it is worth overlooking their questionable choices.

+1 Be sure to ask those artists about their voting records. Some people are secretive about their choices, and you don't want to view or hear someone who's made questionable choices.

Nobody cares if they keep their views private. Showing up for a cage fight for the pedo-in-chief’s birthday is something else entirely. The administration doesn’t even have the decency to condemn the comments about Michelle Obama. This whole event was nothing but trash.

PP here. I agree with your comments here, and nothing about fights appeals to me. I also think highly of Michelle Obama. I just happen to enjoy the work of a variety of artists, regardless of their voting choices.

I have no problem with the event taking place where and how it did and I'm also not surprised by Trump's lack of class and integrity in failing to immediately condemn the comment regarding Michelle Obama. Trump is a garbage human being with zero integrity and zero class. We all should be aware of this by now.

With all the things publicly said about Trump, with all the attacks, both legally and otherwise, I don’t blame him. Look inward.

So you don’t think the President of the United States is obligated to act with any class or civility. You don’t believe he should ever model graciousness or being the bigger person. Because people are soooo mean to our poor widdle pwesident.

We know, babe. You’re fragile as F and so is he.

The left isn’t acting with class or civility, including those in high places. What Obama set in motion against Trump and other Americans, along with the Clintons, was disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:I was so disappointed to see this. I won’t be contributing to any viewership or concerts of his anymore. Like PP said it just taints the image to the point where it’s not enjoyable anymore. I wouldn’t be able to see past it to enjoy the humor.

Why would anyone want to be able to see past it? Knowing if someone is a trump supporter is good information to have when you're making decisions about how to spend your valuable time and energy.

+ 1. DP. There is so much good art in the world - books, movies, music, theater, live comedy, to name just a few. Time and money are limited. I could not possibly consume it all in my life. And in 5 years, there will be more art and new artists. We have to make choices. Very few artists are of such a caliber that it is worth overlooking their questionable choices.

+1 Be sure to ask those artists about their voting records. Some people are secretive about their choices, and you don't want to view or hear someone who's made questionable choices.

Nobody cares if they keep their views private. Showing up for a cage fight for the pedo-in-chief’s birthday is something else entirely. The administration doesn’t even have the decency to condemn the comments about Michelle Obama. This whole event was nothing but trash.

PP here. I agree with your comments here, and nothing about fights appeals to me. I also think highly of Michelle Obama. I just happen to enjoy the work of a variety of artists, regardless of their voting choices.

I have no problem with the event taking place where and how it did and I'm also not surprised by Trump's lack of class and integrity in failing to immediately condemn the comment regarding Michelle Obama. Trump is a garbage human being with zero integrity and zero class. We all should be aware of this by now.

With all the things publicly said about Trump, with all the attacks, both legally and otherwise, I don’t blame him. Look inward.

So you don’t think the President of the United States is obligated to act with any class or civility. You don’t believe he should ever model graciousness or being the bigger person. Because people are soooo mean to our poor widdle pwesident.

We know, babe. You’re fragile as F and so is he.

The left isn’t acting with class or civility, including those in high places. What Obama set in motion against Trump and other Americans, along with the Clintons, was disgusting.