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Noose Stories Are Often Hoaxes, and Unsurprisingly the NASCAR Noose Wasn’t What It Seemed

By Rich Lowry

June 23, 2020 7:34 PM

The Bubba Wallace story was perfect for the narrative, but wasn’t true:

NEWS: The FBI has just released a statement about the NASCAR noose incident at Talladega, indicating it was a misunderstanding. No crime was committed. The noose was already there as early as last year. pic.twitter.com/j2MGrOvUN3

— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) June 23, 2020

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