UFC Chief Dana White Defends Trump Covid Response in RNC Speech: ‘No One Person and No One Place Could’ve Anticipated the Challenges’

UFC president Dana White spoke at the 2016 RNC convention for then-candidate Donald Trump, and he appeared again on the final night of the 2020 Republican National Convention Thursday to throw his support behind the president.

“Before the pandemic, President Trump built the greatest economy in our nation’s history and created opportunities for all Americans like no one before him. Financial markets hit all time highs. Unemployment was at an all time low. And we weren’t facing the lawless destruction that now is occurring in a few of our great cities,” he said.

He praised the actions of law enforcement and said, “Come on, America. Defunding these vital positions is not the answer! The first responders have always taken care of us, and now more than ever we need to take care of them.”

White defended the president’s leadership on coronavirus by saying, “No one person and no one place could have anticipated the challenges that covid would bring. But President Trump has faced all these obstacles head on. He immediately put protective measures in place and he reached out to the best and the brightest leading American businesses across all industries to discuss what he and his administration could do to get the economy back up and running safely.”

He talked up successes pertaining to reopenings of businesses across the country and said, “Make no mistake about it. We still have a long way to go. That is why we need a leader with President Trump’s unique attributes at this critical time.”

“He is one of the most loyal human beings I have ever met. The man has unstoppable energy. No one, and I mean no one, is going to out work this guy. But most importantly, he truly loves and believes in our country,” White added. “He believes in the people of this country.”

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