Vice President Pence Criticizes NBA and Nike in China Policy Speech

In a speech to the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., Vice President Mike Pence criticizes the NBA for trying to placate China after the general manager of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, tweeted his support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The vice president also criticizes Nike and accuses the sportswear company of "checking its social conscience at the door." He also says: “Some of the NBA’s biggest players and owners, who routinely exercise their freedom to criticize this country, lose their voices when it comes to the freedom and rights of other peoples." close