Less than 24 hours after a UFC fighter used a extremely publicized White House match to lob a false insult at former first girl Michelle Obama, Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO and President Dana White called it “nasty and false,” dismissing it as “nonsense.”
The White House didn’t observe swimsuit.
President Donald Trump was seen smiling briefly Sunday after UFC fighter Josh Hokit made a false and offensive comment in regards to the former first girl throughout his post-fight speech on the White House. Hokit praised Trump for internet hosting the combat, earlier than including: “And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?”
A mix of cheers and boos rippled by way of the gang. The false remarks about Obama have beforehand circulated on-line.
White advised Time journal in a textual content message Monday: “I understand that the Obama’s are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families. Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.”
A UFC spokesperson directed NCS to White’s remark. They didn’t reply when requested whether or not Hokit had been disciplined over the comment.
In response to an inquiry from NCS’s Jake Tapper about Hokit’s feedback, White House communications director Steven Cheung stated the UFC fighter “had a great win last night. He showed toughness and the ability to pressure his opponent both on his feet and on the ground.”
White House refuses to sentence UFC fighter who smeared Michelle Obama
UFC fighter Josh Hokit insulted former first girl Michelle Obama at Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 occasion. When requested about Hokit’s remark, the White House refused to straight handle the query. NCS’s Jake Tapper stories.
The White House declined to reply when pressed by Tapper on how officers sq. their refusal to criticize the disparaging remarks in opposition to Obama after they protest insults in opposition to first girl Melania Trump.
President Trump himself has ridiculed Obama. Earlier this yr, Trump refused to apologize after posting after which deleting a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and the previous first girl as apes in a jungle, insisting he hadn’t seen the ultimate frames containing the offensive content material and blaming a staffer for the error.
In remarks on the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Michelle Obama stated, “For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. See his limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two highly educated successful people, who happen to be Black.”
On Monday, the Democratic Party’s X account posted an image of Obama smiling, writing: “Michelle Obama lives in their heads rent-free.”
NCS has reached out to the previous first girl’s workplace for remark.