Fetterman Rebukes Larry David Over White House UFC Event for 250th Anniversary as 4,000 Attended
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Fetterman Rebukes Larry David Over White House UFC Event for 250th Anniversary as 4,000 Attended
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Summary
John Fetterman told TMZ comedian Larry David should “lighten up” and “get over yourself” for calling President Donald Trump’s White House UFC event a “travesty” and “embarrassing.”
David, 78, said at an HBO premiere he was “embarrassed to be an American” because of the June event, prompting Fetterman to answer with a line from the 1981 film “Stripes.”
The UFC Freedom Fight 250 was staged on the White House South Lawn earlier this month for Trump’s 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.
About 1,200 active-duty service members and roughly 4,000 spectators attended, with Trump and UFC president Dana White in the audience and military flyovers closing the night.
The exchange extends the political and cultural backlash around Trump’s use of the White House for a high-profile sports spectacle he called unlike anything seen before.