Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//July 5, 2019//

Gov. Doug Ducey showed up Thursday for this Independence Day event wearing sneakers made by the company whose conduct he had criticized just the day before....

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Ducey just does it, dons Nikes on Independence Day