Trump swipes at NASCAR for banning Confederate flag, Bubba Wallace over noose controversy

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Monday chastised NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag from its races and targeted one of the sport's top black drivers, Bubba Wallace, roughly two weeks after an investigation into his claims that he found a noose in his garage stall concluded.

Trump asked if Wallace had apologized for what the president deemed a "hoax," referring to an incident in which a noose was reported in the driver's garage at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. An investigation later found that a pull rope had been tied in a knot that resembled a noose months earlier, and that it was not a hateful act targeted at Wallace.

"Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX?" Trump tweeted. "That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!"

Prior to the investigation concluding, other drivers walked alongside Wallace's car in a show of solidarity. NASCAR has since released photos of the noose, and Wallace expressed appreciation that the sport took the matter seriously.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/505966-trump-swipes-at-nascar-for-banning-confederate-flag-bubba-wallace

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Trump tweet, which will backfire. I'll be surprised if a lot of other drivers don't come to Wallace's defense and criticize Trump both for falsely claiming the noose was a hoax, and for defending the Confederate flag.

Link to tweet

[Botany]

1. It was no hoax

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/sports/autoracing/nascar-noose-bubba-wallace.html


Trump is running to be President of the C.S.A. and he wants a race war.

[highplainsdem]

2. Sporting News responds: it wasn't a hoax, and NASCAR's ratings went UP after CSA flag banned:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/news/donald-trump-bubba-wallace-hoax/xhluh10ufkfn166s7zudxbob7





They also responded in a two-tweet thread on Twitter, starting here:

Link to tweet

[marmar]

3. He's going HARD after that white grievance vote.

They're the only group that still loves him.

[George II]

4. It WAS a noose, not a hoax:

[keithbvadu2]

5. Trump, a NY yankee, calls Sessions a 'dumb southerner' and they love him down there.

Trump, a NY yankee, calls Sessions a 'dumb southerner' and they love him down there.

After all, Trump 'tells it like it is'.

[gibraltar72]

6. First off Bubba finished 9th in a very tough race yesterday

Bubba never said he saw the noose. A crew member saw it and reported it. The garages were closed to drivers. Bubba has had threats so out of an abundance of caution NASCAR started an investigation. Bubba never accused anyone of anything. Basically what was discovered is someone last year spent a lot of time fashioning a noose garage pull or they just had a lot of practice doing it. That shithead can twist shit any way he wants to but those are the facts.

[greenjar_01]

7. His usual racist shit, but it's weird how it's two weeks out of date

Trump's tired and sad.

[highplainsdem]

9. I'm guessing he was a little wary at first of going after Bubba Walllace, but has now decided

to go all-in on the racist attack and try to use ratings to justify it.

[Tech]

10. The car with his name on it had some problems yeaterday, once again defecting perhaps.

[inwiththenew]

16. NASCAR ratings were up the last two weeks but were down this week

He was waiting for bad viewership numbers to say "I told you so" I'm guessing.

[PSPS]

8. As usual, it's always about "ratings." -- "decision has caused lowest ratings EVER"

[left-of-center2012]

11. Limited vocabulary?

Trump keeps calling everything a "HOAX".

I'd think for someone who claims a superior intelligence that he'd have a broader vocabulary?

[Scarsdale]

13. Don't hold your breath waiting for him

to say "truth". Remind me again, which side of the Civil War were tRump's ancestors on? Weren't they running whorehouses in Alaska and Canada during that time? Wasn't his grandpa banished from Germany for refusing to serve his country? I guess "bone spurs" must run in the tRump family, eh? What a total waste of a very large space this orange blob is.

[jalan48]

12. Trump would love to make the election about NASCAR and the flag instead of the coronavirus,

unemployment and bounties on dead soldiers.

[highplainsdem]

14. He'd love ANY distraction. But while this one might help him a bit in the South, where his

job approval rating has finally dropped below 50%

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213706547

it won't help him anywhere else.

[jalan48]

21. Yes. He's definitely trying on this one

[kimbutgar]

15. He should just tweet " white power " And get it over with it.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Trump, go fuck yourself, you orange, shit-flinging, racist piece of garbage.

I sincerely hope that there are good men and women out there in the criminal justice system who have pledged to make it their lives' work to put you behind bars for the rest of your fat life.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Saw that on Twitter earlier this morning

If you look at the thread the dotard got a good ass whuppin.

[GulfCoast66]

19. He is so predictable. The car with his name on it crashed out early yesterday.

The photo of the wrecked car has become quite the meme.

[IcyPeas]

20. has trump ever apologized for anything?

no. he doubles down.