After the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that individual states can't take Donald Trump off their ballots, former NASCAR and IndyCar driver Danica Patrick took to Instagram to share Donald Trump Jr.'s celebratory reaction to the decision.
A few hours later, she shared a post from a young man posing with Donald Trump, and wrote "Silent no more" above the post.
Patrick, who has been retired since 2018 and now works as an analyst, hasn't officially endorsed Trump but has never been shy about where she stands politically. In December, Patrick received backlash when she and her sister attended a conference for the conservative organization Turning Point USA.
"Y'all are losing your damn minds over my Turning Point post," Patrick later wrote on her Instagram stories. "Here is where I stand with some current issues and politics. I am not a liberal. I am somewhere between Republican and independent. I think our country should be run by someone that knows business and has integrity. I believe we should be able to speak freely. I don't think our food and skies should be poisoned. I think it's bulls*** that Democrats can be proud but a Republican can't in society."
"I don't believe everything anyone says," Patrick continued. "I have been very torn over the years if I should give a (crap) about politics or just live the life I want as an example. I have been doing the latter. The reaction today is definitely interesting... since all I said was, I love this country."
Just last week, Patrick came under fire from fans after she joined the Netflix F1 series "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" as a pundit, with some fans saying on social media "Stop forcing Danica Patrick on us" and "Go away woman."
Patrick, who drove for Stewart-Haas racing for seven years, competed in a total of 191 races, although a NASCAR victory eluded her. Notably, she was the first woman to win an IndyCar race, at the Indy Japan 300 in 2008.
