Donald Trump launches baseless attack on Bubba Wallace over noose 'hoax' [View all]

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(Guardian UK) Donald Trump has launched a baseless attack on Bubba Wallace, Nascar’s only black driver, over an incident in which a noose was found in his team garage last month.

“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?” wrote the president on Monday morning. “That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!”

Trump’s tweet echoes conspiracy theories aimed at Wallace. An FBI investigation found that Wallace was not a victim of a hate crime and the noose had been fashioned as a door pull last fall, long before his team had been assigned the garage at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

Quite why Wallace should apologise is a mystery: he did not find or report the noose.

Last month, Wallace spoke of his frustration over the reaction to the FBI’s investigation. ...............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/06/donald-trump-bubba-wallace-noose-tweet-nascar