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Nike co-founder and Oregon's richest man Phil Knight says he will do whatever it takes to end Democrats' 40-year hold on the state as he throws his $35.9b fortune behind Republican Christine Drazan
Daily Mail ^ | 10.16.2022 | Rob Crilly

Posted on 10/16/2022 4:34:13 PM PDT by libh8er

Oregon's richest man said he would do whatever he could to end Democrats' 40-year hold on the state and prevent its nominee Tina Kotek winning the race to be the next governor.

Last week, Phil Knight, the billionaire co-founder of Nike, donated $1 million to Republican candidate Christine Drazan after bankrolling the campaign of an independent who has turned the election into a toss-up.

Analysts said his two-horse strategy suggested Knight was intent on keeping the Democrat out of the governor's mansion.

A swath of the electorate in this liberal state has turned on the outgoing Democratic governor, blaming her for woke policies that have allowed an explosion of crime, drug use and homelessness.

In a rare interview, Knight, 84, said he would do whatever it took to end the Democrat's stranglehold on power and described himself as 'an anti-Tina person.'

'One of the political cartoons after our legislative session had a person snorting cocaine out of a mountain of white,' he told the New York Times.

'It said, "Which of these is illegal in Oregon?" And the answer was the plastic straw.'

Before that, he had given $3.75 million to Betsy Johnson, running as an independent.

His money has turned the race into a close-fought contest.

Voters are flirting with electing the state's first Republican governor since 1982 -when Men at Work were at number one and the year Diet Coke was launched.

The most recent polls give Drazan a slight lead over Kotek, with Johnson, a former Democrat, attracting enough support to act as a significant spoiler.

A poll published on Wednesday by Clout Research, a GOP-linked firm, reported that Drazan held a five-point lead over Kotek.

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1 posted on 10/16/2022 4:34:13 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

That’s unexpected…


2 posted on 10/16/2022 4:35:59 PM PDT by EEGator
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Is he trying to compete with Musk for the title of most slandered man in america for the not orange category?


3 posted on 10/16/2022 4:36:16 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: libh8er

Lord, please let there be a billionaire like this for California too.


4 posted on 10/16/2022 4:36:20 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: libh8er

Is this an about face, or is it a conflicted policy?

I appreciate his intentions in this instance.

Nike was heavily involved in the woke movement in my
opinion.


5 posted on 10/16/2022 4:36:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: libh8er

Spending money doesn’t do it though.


6 posted on 10/16/2022 4:37:25 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: EEGator

Very unexpected.


7 posted on 10/16/2022 4:38:14 PM PDT by lasereye ( )
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To: DoughtyOne

“Nike was heavily involved in the woke movement in my opinion.”

That’s what I thought. Why the reversal?


8 posted on 10/16/2022 4:39:54 PM PDT by moovova
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To: libh8er

The non-Progressive billionaires finally get some conviction.


9 posted on 10/16/2022 4:39:57 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: libh8er

He’ll be forced out and canceled soon.


10 posted on 10/16/2022 4:40:09 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: libh8er

I thought he was a big lefty.


11 posted on 10/16/2022 4:40:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DoughtyOne

Very true. There was even an ad promoting trans kids.


12 posted on 10/16/2022 4:41:16 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: moovova

It’s affecting his business.


13 posted on 10/16/2022 4:41:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DoughtyOne

Yes, this surprised the missus and me as well. Good for him. I wonder how the university of Nike will react after this declaration?


14 posted on 10/16/2022 4:41:56 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: libh8er

this stuns me!! next thing to quickly do is cancel all the sponsorships of all the WOKE athletes under your wallet!!


15 posted on 10/16/2022 4:42:06 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: libh8er
Good news.

But it is a day late and a dollar short. Should have happened years ago.

16 posted on 10/16/2022 4:42:30 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: moovova

He founded Nike. He is not Nike.

They are two different things.


17 posted on 10/16/2022 4:42:34 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: moovova

Winds blowing other way, wanting to get out in front. Business man who made lots of money sees something, maybe?

If things do go another way, how many conservative virtue signalers would there be?


18 posted on 10/16/2022 4:42:55 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: moovova

If he saw the light, I’m in favor of it.


19 posted on 10/16/2022 4:45:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: clintonh8r

I missed the joyous event. Thanks for the mention.


20 posted on 10/16/2022 4:46:39 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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