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Ask any true blue racer – their job is to race. They rarely let themselves spend too much time getting too political, unless it’s something they really feel strongly about.
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So back on Jan. 28, NASCAR fans were a bit taken aback when Dale Earnhardt Jr. commented on the subject of immigration.
my fam immigrated from Germany in 1700s escaping religious persecution. America is created by immigrants.
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) January 29, 2017
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Yet, during a recent visit on BRAVO’s “Watch What Happens Live,” he responded from his heart when host Andy Cohen asked him why he wanted to make somewhat of a political statement.
“The person that tweeted me that I was replying to identified as Muslim, and I felt bad for the guy,” Dale Jr. said. “He asked what’s going on in this world and that he was upset and as a NASCAR fan ‘what can you tell me?’ I had just done a lot of genealogy about my family over the last five years and I understand now that my family immigrated to America in the 1700s and how difficult it must have been and the journey – a lot of people didn’t even survive the journey. To be an immigrant – I mean, we are all immigrants in one way or another. I was just trying to help that guy through a tough day I guess.”
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When asked if he regretted even speaking about the hotbed topic, Dale Jr. stood firm.
“I don’t regret it,” he told Andy. “I don’t speak up unless I feel like it’s from the heart, so I feel good about it.”
