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On Monday, a top Fox News columnist apologized for defending President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to host a cage fight on the White House lawn. The change of heart came, he said, after a fighter\u2019s offensive statement about former First Lady Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve defended the administration\u2019s America 250 plans, because I trusted they really would be non partisan, really would bring us together,\u201d David Marcus<\/u> posted on Monday. \u201cBut I was wrong.” Marcus posted this over a retweet of his own from Sunday evening, which declared, \u201cThe fighter yelling \u2018Michelle Obama is a man,\u2019 at an official White House event to honor America is utterly unacceptable and the administration should [denounce] it in no uncertain terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was referring to a post-fight interview with Joe Rogan in which UFC fighter Josh Hokit randomly taunted<\/u>, \u201cAnd lastly \u2014 Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?\u201d Michelle Obama has frequently been the target of this and other racist statements, though they are typically relegated to online posts and far-right rally rants rather than at White House events honoring the nation. Hokit\u2019s words drew a smattering of laughter, and Rogan moved on without addressing the remark.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel betrayed,\u201d Marcus said<\/u> in another post. \u201cI believed these would be non partisan celebrations.\u201d He wasn\u2019t the only one angered by Hokit\u2019s comment. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t care what you think about the Obamas or anything,\u201d said Trump voter and Barstool Sports host Dave Portnoy<\/u>. \u201cThat has to be an immediate denounce.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a disgrace,\u201d posted Robert Griffin III, a former NFL quarterback and a UFC fan. \u201cIt takes a really small man to use his biggest moment to attack a woman by calling her a man. Especially with the history behind calling black women men.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump handed US \u2018devastating\u2019 loss \u2014 and taught adversaries \u2018alarming lessons\u2019: Republican<\/a><\/p>\n

UFC CEO Dana White stopped short of condemning the comment, in a text to Time Magazine saying, \u201cI understand that the Obamas are public figures but I\u2019m completely against saying nasty and false things about people\u2019s families. Everyone knows my position on free speech but I hate that kind of nonsense.\u201d <\/p>\n

As of this writing, there has been no denouncement from the White House, which has repeatedly sidestepped<\/u> the question.<\/p>\n

Many of Marcus\u2019 followers expressed surprise at his anger over the matter, prompting him to elaborate on his outrage. <\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s because I produced theater for so long, but this is hard for me to forgive,\u201d he noted. \u201cBetween this and the Kennedy Center some people are getting the keys to this stuff that don\u2019t know how to drive the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

When another commenter tried to argue that Marcus was taking the matter too seriously, the Fox columnist\u2019s response<\/u> was simple: \u201cAmerica only gets one 250th birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s reaction to wildly offensive UFC fighter insult revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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