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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNASCAR driver Tyler Reddick to Trump: We don't need your support, or an apology from Bubba.
Unfortunately the tweet has since been deleted, with people on Twitter speculating that his boss insisted that it be deleted.
Tweet from ABC News about Reddick's tweet:
Link to tweet
NEW: NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick fires back at Pres. Trump's call for an apology from Bubba Wallace: "We dont need an apology. We did what was right and we will do just fine without your support." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-lashes-bubba-wallace-nascar-noose-investigation-confederate/story?id=71628914
Link for that tweet of Reddick's:
Link to tweet
A thread mentioning that Reddick's boss, Richard Childress, is a friend of Trump's.
Link to tweet
Reddick did retweet this, from NASCAR reporter Bob Pockrass, since deleting his own tweet:
Link to tweet
There is nothing to apologize for when:
--Taking a perceived threat seriously
--People show support for one another
--Making policy to be more inclusive & more welcoming
--Doing what you feel is right, regardless of any perceived business consequences
--Taking a perceived threat seriously
--People show support for one another
--Making policy to be more inclusive & more welcoming
--Doing what you feel is right, regardless of any perceived business consequences
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NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick to Trump: We don't need your support, or an apology from Bubba. (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jul 2020
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Cirque du So-What
(26,032 posts)1. I would've made one change to the deleted tweet
Instead of support, I would have said interference.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)2. First of all, it was a noose
brewens
(13,671 posts)3. I just now ordered this Bubba Wallace t-shirt.
I know a lot of Nascar fans and used to be one years ago. I may start watching again to root for him.
https://store.nascar.com/mens-bubba-wallace-gray-air-force-warthog-two-sided-t-shirt/p-14064218551502+z-9851-3021161020?_ref=p-SRP:m-GRID:i-r3c1:po-10