Greene Criticizes Trump’s 7-Fight White House UFC Plan as Poll Shows Only 16% Approval
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 13
Greene Criticizes Trump’s 7-Fight White House UFC Plan as Poll Shows Only 16% Approval
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 13
Summary
Marjorie Taylor Greene said the White House lawn is not an appropriate venue for Trump’s planned UFC event and objected to taxpayer money being used for it.
Seven fights are scheduled for Sunday on Trump’s 80th birthday, though the administration has framed the event as part of the US 250th anniversary celebration; UFC CEO Dana White said the idea came from Trump.
A federal judge on Friday allowed the event to proceed after attorneys for the Public Integrity Project sued to block it.
Greene’s criticism adds to a public break with Trump after her split over the handling of Jeffrey Epstein files, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll earlier this month found only 16% of Americans viewed the event as appropriate.