Sharpton Compares June 14 White House UFC Event to Slave-Era Spectacle
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Sharpton Compares June 14 White House UFC Event to Slave-Era Spectacle
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Summary
Al Sharpton said on MSNBC that Donald Trump’s planned June 14 UFC card on the White House South Lawn evokes entertainment once staged for slave owners.
Sharpton tied that comparison to a broader claim that Trump and Republicans are trying to pull the country back toward a more racist era, linking the event to current redistricting fights.
Andrew Jackson became central to Sharpton’s argument: he cited Trump’s display of Jackson’s portrait in 2017 and called the slave-owning president a symbol of the past Trump wants to revive.
Mika Brzezinski extended the discussion to Trump-era immigration raids, while UFC CEO Dana White has separately said the America 250 event is not political.
The planned fight is part of the White House’s 250th-anniversary celebration, underscoring how a ceremonial event has become another flashpoint in the broader culture and race debate around Trump.