Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan denounced a viral post claiming that he endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

“There is absolutely no truth to the claim that Michael Jordan has made an endorsement in the presidential election,” Jordan’s reps The Independent.

A post shared on X falsely claimed, "Michael Jordan becomes the latest to endorse Donald Trump for President," which drew likes and reposts from Trump's supporters. The post had a X correction noting that there was no evidence of Jordan supporting any candidate and acknowledging his history of political neutrality.

The six-time NBA champion famously responded, "Republicans buy sneakers, too," when called on to endorse Harvey Gantt, a Black Democrat, during a North Carolina Senate race in 1990.

"I don’t think that statement needs to be corrected because I said it in jest on a bus with Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen," Jordan said of the comment during the Netflix docuseries The Last Dance via the New York Post. “It was thrown off the cuff. My mother asked to do a PSA for Harvey Gantt, and I said, ‘Look, Mom, I’m not speaking out of pocket about someone that I don’t know. But I will send a contribution to support him.’ Which is what I did.

“I do commend Muhammad Ali for standing up for what he believed in. But I never thought of myself as an activist. I thought of myself as a basketball player. I wasn’t a politician when I was playing my sport.”

“I was focused on my craft. Was that selfish? Probably. But that was my energy. That’s where my energy was,” he added.

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