Barack Obama believes Michael Jordan should have tried harder during the 1990 Senate race

latest episodes of Michael Jordan's Last Dance featured interviews from NBA legend himself and former US President Barack Obama talking about Jordan's political views and Jordan's 'Republicans buy sneakers too' comment. Following release of Last Dance 5 and 6 episodes, fans took to Twitter to ask 'Is Michael Jordan a Republican?'

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Jordan has been in news about his political views a few times, most recently regarding 1990 US Senate race in rth Carolina between Jesse Helms and Harvey Gantt. His comment was in Sam Smith's book Second Coming about Jordan's return to NBA. Gantt h reportedly approached Jordan as he thought he would 'help him defeat Helms'. However, Jordan declined as he was t into politics and did t kw anything about issues. Later, he said to a friend, "Republicans buy shoes, too." While issue was mentioned time and again, Jordan's spokesperson Estee Porty denied Jordan's comment in 2016. 

Barack Obama also spoke about topic, commenting on Jordan's involvement in politics at time. As per Barack Obama, someone who was 'preparing for a career in civil rights law and in public life' and knew what Helms was standing for, definitely wanted to see Jordan 'push harder' on that. Jordan commented on his involvement after Barack Obama, stating that while he commends legends like Mohamm Ali for standing up for what y believed in, he never saw himself as an activist. He only saw himself as a basketball player. He ded that he was only playing and focusing on his craft. He mitted that it might have been selfish, but his energy was on basketball entirely. 

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