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Donald Trump said he proposed a “migrant league of fighters” to the UFC president Dana White.
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Trump shared his idea at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington.
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“It was a joke,” Dana White said. “But yes, he did say it.”
Donald Trump told an audience on Saturday that he had appointed a “migrant league of fighters” against Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) head Dana White.
Trump spoke to Christian conservatives at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington.
“Has anyone ever heard of Dana White?” Trump said at the event. “He’s a legend, right?”
“I said, ‘Dana, I have an idea,’” the former president continued. “Why don’t you create a migrant league of fighters and have a regular league of fighters, and then you have the champion of your league – these are the greatest fighters in the world – fighting the champion of the migrants. I think the migrant man could win; That’s how tough they are.”
“He didn’t really like that idea, but actually it’s not the worst idea I’ve ever had,” he added.
President Joe Biden‘s campaign responded quickly, criticizing the former president’s comments.
“Fair enough for that convicted felon, Donald Trump spent his time at a religious conference threatening to round up Latinos, bragging about taking away America’s freedoms and promising to be even more extreme if he regains power,” said Sarafina Chitika, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign. , said.
“Trump’s incoherent, unhinged tirade showed voters in his own words that he is a threat to our freedoms and too dangerous to be allowed near the White House again,” she added.
When asked about Trump’s comments, White, who has run the UFC since 2001, said, “It was a joke.”
“I saw everyone going crazy online. But yeah, he said it,” he added.
Trump has made immigration a centerpiece of his policies since his 2016 presidential campaign and regularly criticized Biden on the issue during his last run for the White House.
During his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition, Trump repeated a number of dehumanizing terms he had used about migrants earlier during his campaign, saying they were “nasty, mean” and “tough.”
In a speech in Michigan in early April, the former president also referred to migrants as “animals” and “not human” as he sharpened his focus on border issues.
Business Insider reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
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