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Texas Roadhouse hoax: More proof race baiters need 'a villain on the clock'

theblaze.com · 12d · first reportShare

Texas Roadhouse is pushing back against a viral social media post by an account that went by “Nancy Smith” alleging that employees at the restaurant chain and Logan’s Roadhouse planned to tamper with black customers’ meals by licking their fingers before touching their food. A screenshot of the post, which appeared in a Facebook group called “White and Proud,” spread on social media over the weekend, prompting outrage and calls for boycotts — but Texas Roadhouse claimed a subsequent investigation found no evidence of food tampering or the alleged group of employees, and the post has been deemed a hoax. BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock isn’t surprised that in 2026, race hoaxes are still going strong. “Every time a racism hoax gets exposed, the nation gets a federal holiday. At the current pace, none of us would ever work again. That is not a joke about restaurants. That is a sales report,” Whitlock says. “When the real product is scarce, the salesman manufactures it. Nancy Smith knew. She kn