NPR's Noel King talks to Maria Pollett

NPR's Noel King talks to Maria Polletta of The Arizona Republic about the controversy in the state surrounding Nike's decision to pull its "Betsy Ross Flag" shoes.NOEL KING, HOST:Nike designed a shoe that had a Revolutionary War-era flag with 13 Nike Air Max 90 Mujer stars. That shoe was supposed to be released Asics Gel Lyte 3 Femme for the Fourth of July. But then there were protests from Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who became an  activist, and others. They say that flag is a throwback. It comes from Nike Air Max 90 Femme a time when slavery was legal in this country. So Nike pulled the shoe, and then came the Nike Air Max Thea Heren right-wing pundits.(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)JESSE WATTERS: I think they're trying to destroy the Nike Air Max 95 Womens flag.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: They are so politically correct.WATTERS: It's Nike Air Max TN Mujer now anti-Americanism.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: What is with this constant harping with the left?

WATTERS: And now Nike and Kaepernick are literally ripping the fabric of the country, the flag, apart.KING: But then something beyond just talk. Nike Air Presto Femme Arizona's governor, Republican Doug Ducey, said he will withdraw tax incentives that Arizona had offered Nike to build a Adidas Ultra Boost Damen $185 million factory there. Reporter Maria Polletta Adidas ZX 850 Femme has been following the story at the Arizona Republic.Hi, Maria.MARIA POLLETTA: Hello. Thanks for having Nike Air Max 1 Womens me.KING: So - just quickly - why is the governor upset?POLLETTA: So as Adidas Superstar Damen everyone alluded to in the clips that you just played, the governor feels that Nike is Adidas ZX Flux Dames bowing to political correctness. He feels like the company is engaging in historical revisionism and Nike Air Max 270 Damen that they're not really standing their ground on an issue that he doesn't Nike Benassi Womens see as valid.KING: So he says he's going to withdraw this tax break that he was giving to Nike to build a plant to create jobs.

What was the agreement between Arizona and Nike?POLLETTA: Well, there are two parts of this agreement. Nike Air Vapormax Mujer The one that the governor canceled or wanted to withdraw was a grant that was going to be up to a million dollars from Nike Air Max Thea Femme the state's commerce authority. There's also a separate Nike Air Max 95 Mujer deal with the city of Goodyear, which is the city where the plant was going to locate, that has about Adidas Superstar Dámské $2 million in incentives. The governor has no control over those incentives.KING: www.romanvavrik.cz OK. So I guess withdrawing that tax incentive, it sounds like it might not be a Adidas ZX Flux Mujer big deal for a multibillion-dollar company like Nike if the governor is not controlling the Goodyear incentives, right?