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Donald Trump wants apologies from Bubba Wallace

Donald Trump apologized on Monday for Bubba Wallace, the only black NASCAR pilot who caused a stir in the country when a noose had been discovered in his garage before the FBI concluded that he had not been the victim of a racist crime.

In June, when demonstrations against racism were in full swing in the United States, Bubba Wallace had found a hanged rope in his garage, before a race of this American automobile championship very popular in the South and prized by the Conservatives.

The federal authorities had quickly opened an investigation, the hanged rope recalling the lynchings practiced in the United States during the periods of slavery and segregation. In full motion Black Lives Matter, the case had a very strong media response.

But very quickly the investigation had determined that the rope, even if it actually had the shape of a noose, had been installed in the garage months before and that the pilot had therefore not been the target of a crime racist.

This conclusion had been widely commented on social networks, especially among right-wing and far-right groups who were shouting hoaxes.

Did Bubba Wallace apologize to all these great pilots and officials of NASCAR who came to his aid, supported him and were ready to sacrifice everything for him, before realizing that all this n was that another hoax? “Donald Trump tweeted Monday morning.

All the pilots reacted in solidarity, thinking they were victims of a racist crime, and even after the conclusion of the investigation NASCAR recalled that the noose was very real, as was its concern for Bubba Wallace.

Looking back, I should have used the word “presumed” in our statement“, however had nuanced the president of NASCAR, Steve Phelps, who had mentioned at first”a heinous act“.

This episode “and the flag decision caused the worst audiences“Television for this automobile championship, added Donald Trump on Monday, referring to NASCAR’s decision last month to ban the Confederate flag from its stands during the races.

Since the death of George Floyd, many protesters have attacked symbols of the racist and slavery past of the United States, such as statues and Confederate flags.

A movement that Donald Trump strongly opposed, calling it “leftist cultural revolution“.

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