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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:55 PM Jul 2020

The Memo: Trump's race tactics fall flat

President Trump waded anew into racial controversy on Monday, criticizing NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag at its events.

In the same tweet, Trump suggested that the sport’s only Black driver, Bubba Wallace, should “apologize” over an incident where a rope tied into a noose was found in the driver’s garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

Trump lambasted the incident as a “HOAX” — an investigation found the rope had been there for months, though it was not Wallace who first found it — and added, “That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!”

His remarks stoked instant outrage.

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) told The Hill, “This is a president who seems to side with the Confederacy, a rebel flag, the people who preach hate. And I think it is very unfortunate that such a person holds the highest office in the land.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/506108-the-memo-trumps-race-tactics-fall-flat

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