NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, like countless other people, has weighed in the Colin Kaepernick situation.
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Stewart called Kaepernick a "dumbass" and an "idiot" on Twitter, resulting in a certain kind of backlash he may or may not have anticipated.
https://twitter.com/TonyStewart/status/770377330325909506
Many people responded by saying, "Didn't you kill a guy?"
https://twitter.com/CSAviate/status/770384622383357952
yeah but you killed a guy so
— zam (@9zamm) August 30, 2016
What people are referring to here was the fatal incident where Stewart hit into and killed Kevin Ward Jr. during a race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Aug. 9, 2014.
Tony Stewart to appeal insurance ruling in Kevin Ward Jr. case https://t.co/QABdXY4h1x pic.twitter.com/p1awIsyGwQ
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 26, 2016
Someone else accused Stewart of being racist.
https://twitter.com/GinaMontana_/status/770382168291958788
He responded by saying that he had a black roommate for five years.
that's funny as hell. I had a black roommate for 5 yrs. nice try
— Tony Stewart (@TonyStewart) August 30, 2016
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Stewart tried to set the record straight on Monday.
For the record, I'm not saying our nation isn't messed up, just that police officers are not the root of the problem. They take the blame
— Tony Stewart (@TonyStewart) August 30, 2016
The takes on Kaepernick since Friday's protest have been ubiquitous.
harrison didn’t know kap was black, but he sure talked about him the way he and others tend to talk about black qb’s https://t.co/BlIdd41ciQ
— bomani (@bomani_jones) August 30, 2016
Just today, former NFL safety and NBC analyst Rodney Harrison criticized Kaepernick, saying, "I tell you this, I'm a black man. And Colin Kaepernick — he's not black."
Last point I want people to know. I never even knew he was mixed.
— Rodney Harrison (@Rodney_Harrison) August 30, 2016
Harrison has since apologized and said he didn't know Kaepernick was mixed race. Twitter took that and ran with it.
https://twitter.com/RonnieSnark/status/770683232908087296
