On Monday, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet asking if Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. apologized after a noose was found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall belonging to Wallace and the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports team.Trump referred to the incident as a “HOAX” in the tweet.It was not a hoax, and neither Wallace nor anyone on the No. 43 team had anything to do with it, according to both the FBI and NASCAR.Afterward, a handful of people in the NASCAR world publicly expressed their support for Wallace, the only Black driver in the Cup Series.Wallace also received support from others outside of NASCAR as well, like LeBron James and Magic Johnson.LeBron has been a vocal supporter of Wallace, and when the 26-year-old driver shared his response to Trump’s tweet later on Monday — a message about “Love over hate every day” aimed at the next generation — the Los Angeles Lakers star encouraged him too.And late Monday night, Magic Johnson expressed his support on Twitter for Wallace as well
LeBron, Magic Johnson tweet support for Bubba Wallace: ‘We got your back!’
On Monday, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet asking if Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. apologized after a noose was found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall belonging to Wallace and the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports team.Trump referred to the incident as a “HOAX” in the tweet.It was not a hoax, and neither Wallace nor anyone on the No. 43 team had anything to do with it, according to both the FBI and NASCAR.Afterward, a handful of people in the NASCAR world publicly expressed their support for Wallace, the only Black driver in the Cup Series.Wallace also received support from others outside of NASCAR as well, like LeBron James and Magic Johnson.LeBron has been a vocal supporter of Wallace, and when the 26-year-old driver shared his response to Trump’s tweet later on Monday — a message about “Love over hate every day” aimed at the next generation — the Los Angeles Lakers star encouraged him too.And late Monday night, Magic Johnson expressed his support on Twitter for Wallace as well