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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNike Founder Phil Knight Announces Record-Breaking Political Donation
The 87-year-old founder has made a record-breaking donation to the political world. Knight, a Portland, Oregon native, has made a record-setting donation to the Republican Party.
Knight donated $3 million to Republicans in Oregon. It's the biggest donation made to Republican candidates or political action committees in Oregon state history. Knight's company, Nike, is based in Oregon.
Knight made the donation back in October.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nike-founder-phil-knight-announces-174916413.html
SaydiTom
(73 posts)To make sure women and PoC get stripped of their rights and place in society. He is wretched.
Cha
(316,110 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 25, 2025, 09:28 PM - Edit history (1)
fucking Stupid.. the Fascist Fucks Invaded Portland and he's like.. Give me More, Sir Fuckhead.
Not only that.. Killing America... What a fucking spokesperson for Nikes
Yeah, they need to be Cancelled.
Nikes were always too narrow or too short for my feet.
Glad I dont own any as well!
UpInArms
(53,831 posts)Fuck him
OldBaldy1701E
(9,752 posts)UpInArms
(53,831 posts)They were awful
OldBaldy1701E
(9,752 posts)What cracks me up nowadays is that what I wore all the time... Converse... are also majorly expensive now. They were considered the 'poor' shoe when I was growing up.
Whodathunkit?
(I did want a Nehru jacket very badly when I was young. They were out of style by the time I wanted one, but I did not care. They were also out of range, even at that time.)
UpInArms
(53,831 posts)(waiting tables) required that particular shoe (no reimbursement) for the uniform
or I would not have bought them
ever
OldBaldy1701E
(9,752 posts)I am guessing this was before that was a rule.
Blue Owl
(58,031 posts)ananda
(34,156 posts)I avoid Nike.
Enter stage left
(4,163 posts)ananda
(34,156 posts)Columbia is the coolest shoe ever.
I love the design.
Wuddles440
(1,937 posts)SamuelTheThird
(505 posts)I know many people refuse to hear that, but overall they contribute to a dumbed down, consumerist, oligarchical society
poli-junkie
(1,476 posts)Blue Owl
(58,031 posts)Historic NY
(39,510 posts)maxsolomon
(37,979 posts)The Republican Party in Oregon and Washington is a joke.
Abstractartist
(400 posts)Oregon is a blue state, so counter everything the repubs say most likely no one will believe them anyway. This needs to be an absolute blue wave complete annihilation of this MAGA cult.
JT45242
(3,782 posts)Nuw gate this fuckstick with a burning passion.
Wonder if he spent time on pedophile island
JohnnyRingo
(20,344 posts)It is ironic that a black entrepreneur would use slaves to fatten his pockets, but he did.
Faced with making his popular athletic footwear, he had a choice. He could make a high quality shoe in the US like New Balance and Oregon based Carson Footwear, or he could manufacture them inexpensively as possible and spend the difference on high profile endorsements and advertising. Phil Knight went with the second option. He approached Sports stars with financial offers they couldn't refuse
Seeking factories in third world countries in the Asian labor market, Knight subcontracted the hiring to sweat shop owners. As a result, people desperate for even a minimum wage took jobs that included intimidation, sexual assault, and physical violence to get those shoes on the next boat to Oregon. In most poverty stricken areas the children have to pitch in for the family's survival. A 15 year old girl with calloused hands and burn scars would fail the family if she quit the Nike factory. She would feel shamed. So they stayed as slave labor.
The workers burned the factory in Vietnam down a few years ago and many were fined for not meeting minimum wage standards... In Indonesia!
I Despise that Swoop and screw Phil Knight.
valleyrogue
(2,494 posts)Oregon hasn't had a Republican in the Governor's Mansion since 1987 with end of the two terms of the late Vic Ateyeh, and he wasn't any right-wing nutjob, either. He first got elected in 1978, close to fifty years ago.
It isn't going to change anytime soon. Outside the outsized District 2 and other rural counties, the state is solidly Democratic.
In It to Win It
(12,135 posts)He doesn't give up on his home state even when his side is not very likely to win.
As much as I don't like the wealthy having outsized influence in politics, there has to be some left-leaning wealthy people willing to invest in red states for Democrats... especially in my state.
Even if you lose, you have to keep investing to have a chance.
valleyrogue
(2,494 posts)are the only billionaires in Oregon, last I heard.
That is way more money than they are worth.
flvegan
(65,561 posts)Personally haven't owned a Nike product in decades.
hunter
(40,264 posts)Go directly to hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Or snakes and ladders...
I'm not actually that mean.
In heaven everyone gets to experience the hell they created, just so long as necessary.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(131,632 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,366 posts)Hobo
(770 posts)Go bigot, go broke.