A former CNN anchor-turned-YouTuber, Jim Acosta, hosted historian Heather Cox Richardson, who suggested that the same ideas that motivated the UFC White House event were similar to those that led to lynchings in the 19th century.

Richardson’s Comments

Richardson condemned the use of an honor guard at the Lincoln Memorial to present the fighters, stating that President Trump was ‘deliberately perverting those things that Americans hold dear.’ She argued that Trump was using the event to ‘tear apart’ the cultural fabric of America, and that this was part of a larger cultural war that turns White Americans against marginalized people of color.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle responded to Richardson’s criticism, saying that the event was a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary and that anyone who found a problem with it suffered from ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’

Event Details

The UFC Freedom 250 event was held on the South Lawn, with 14 fighters competing inside a wire-mesh cage. The event was attended by approximately 4,300 people, including 1,200 active-duty service members, and featured a performance by the Marine Band and a flyover by the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds.

Original reporting: Fox News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.