Pence calls Nike, NBA’s position on China ‘un-American’
Posted on AllSides October 24th, 2019
From The Center
Vice President Mike Pence called out Nike and the NBA, criticizing them and other American businesses operating in China for “muzzling not only criticism” of the Chinese government but even muting their “affirmative expression of American values.”
Citing reports that Nike stores in China removed Houston Rockets’ merchandise from their stores, the vice president said that while the company “promotes itself as a social justice champion,” they “check their social conscious at the door” when it comes to Hong Kong.
He then turned his attention to the NBA’s feud with...