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UFC President Dana White’s speech at Trump rally a case study in political sportswashing

Last Thursday evening, UFC President Dana White appeared at a Trump rally in Colorado Springs and spoke to the raucous crowd at the Broadmoor World Arena for several minutes as he explained the various reasons why he plans to vote for the US president in the upcoming election.

White, who began his speech by announcing that he is not a “very political person,” proceeded to list off the Trump’s personality traits that he claimed the “public doesn’t see.”

“I’ve known this man for 20 years, White said during his short speech in Colorado. “We’ve actually become even closer since he’s become the President of the United States.