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UFC President Dana White Said Reception To Trump Was ‘Insane’

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Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White, a prominent conservative voice, said being with former President Donald Trump is unlike anything else.

The UFC president appeared on the Fox News show “Unfiltered” with host Dan Bongino and described the response the former president got when he made a surprise appearance at one of the company’s events in Miami.

“It’s insane, you know, if you think about this, I’ve been doing this for, like, 23 years. When you’re walking with Trump, it’s a whole ‘nother level, man. The entire place erupted. Everybody was going crazy, and it was fun,” he said.

The former president entered the arena with White and sat in the front row with him Mike Tyson, Kid Rock and other celebrities.

He also took a swipe at “woke” culture and said that the company’s decisions during COVID lockdowns assisted it in staying viable.

The UFC president said that his company was the first to fill arenas again after the lockdowns.

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“When all the COVID bans were being lifted, it grew our business, I don’t know, like 70% or something like that, because we were the only thing to watch,” he said.

And the polls show that the UFC crowd is not alone in supporting the former president.

“In the just-released Rasmussen Reports survey, Trump moved ahead of Biden 47%-40% with support from women and independents,” the Washington Examiner reports.

The survey conducted on Wednesday was the first test of the 2024 general election since the Manhattan hush money indictment against the 45th president was released last week. The survey was conducted before Tuesday’s hearing, during which Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 charges, the outlet reported.

In a tweet on Wednesday showing the results, the pollster included February numbers and wrote, “Reversal of Fortune — Massive Strategic Backfire.”

“The survey weighted Democrats heavier than Republicans and independents, 36%, 33%, 31%,” the Examiner noted.

In addition, Biden is trailing behind Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who has a more significant lead at 46% compared to Biden’s 38%.

Both DeSantis and Trump are performing well among women and independent voters, which are considered critical to winning in 2024. Trump leads Biden among women with a 47% to 39% margin. DeSantis, on the other hand, leads among women with a 43% to 39% margin.

“With independent voters, Trump leads Biden 44%-36%, and it’s DeSantis over Biden 44%-32%,” the outlet continued. The pollster also noted that both Trump and DeSantis would have 26 percent of the black vote if the election were held this week.

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During a speech last night after his indictment, Trump laid out his latest argument to regain the presidency, criticizing multiple prosecutions that he claimed were instances of “political persecution” reminiscent of a banana republic. He also criticized Biden’s management of the economy, immigration, and foreign policy.

“Our country is going to hell,” he said.

A February survey released just before Biden’s State of the Union address revealed that his own party is not happy with him.

According to an AP-NORC poll, Biden only has support from 37 percent of Democrats for a second term. Prior to the midterms in November, the same poll found that 52 percent wanted Biden to run again in 2024.

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“While Biden has trumpeted his legislative victories and ability to govern, the poll suggests relatively few U.S. adults give him high marks on either. Follow-up interviews with poll respondents suggest that many believe the 80-year-old’s age is a liability, with people focused on his coughing, his gait, his gaffes, and the possibility that the world’s most stressful job would be better suited for someone younger,” the Associated Press reported.

“I, honestly, think that he would be too old,” said Sarah Overman, a Democrat in Raleigh, North Carolina. “We could use someone younger in the office.”

A lawyer in Michigan, who the AP referred to as “Truckey,” said he did not vote for Biden or Trump in 2020 but said Biden has been a “subpar” president.

“His age and possibly his mental acuity is not where I would want the leader of the country to be,” Truckey said. “He, at times, appears to be an old man who is past his prime. Sometimes I feel a little bit of pity for the guy being pushed out in front of crowds.”

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