MSNBC host Al Sharpton has likened President Trump’s plans for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House to slavery.
The event, dubbed UFC Freedom 250, will be held on the South Lawn of the White House on June 14 as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
The card, being organized alongside UFC President Dana White, is expected to feature seven fights, including a lightweight title bout between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, with a temporary arena being constructed on White House grounds for thousands of spectators.
The event will also coincide with Trump’s 80th birthday and Flag Day.
On Friday morning’s episode of Morning Joe, Sharpton compared it to slaves being forced to fight for the entertainment of their masters.
Sharpton ranted:
The fact is that 250 years ago, when they signed the Declaration of Independence, we were enslaved. Women couldn’t vote; only white male landowners could. So if we want to celebrate something, celebrate the people that corrected.
The isidious behavior of some of the Founding Fathers who extolled the right virtues but didn’t practice them for all people at all genders. I think that we have to do that very loudly, very boldly and unapologetically.
I mean, we’re going to Washington on the anniversary of the March on Washington, 63 August 28 this year. We need to bring out that yes, we went from slavery to a President of the United States of color, but it was bloodshed, it was nights in jail, it was beatings.
It was all kinds of things that got us there. Let’s celebrate how we grew and the people that paid the price for it, and that are continuing to pay the price now, because when we’re dealing with this redistricting, Trump and others are trying to bring us back to an America that we struggled to get out of.
So there is a connection of why that they’re having these fights on the White House lawn, the UFO, whatever they call UFC, and all that because they’re trying to go back to that when, you know, they’d watch people have these fights, for the slave masters, and they’d be entertained, but they’re literally going back to that.
Watch the clip below:
Professional race-baiter Al Sharpton says the upcoming America 250 UFC fight is the same as slaves fighting for their masters.
This guy is OBSESSED with turning anything racist.pic.twitter.com/AvyQY5afgw
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