Oh, heavens, whatever did Marco do to come up with this comparison? It sounds like he was tripping. Those must have been some serious mushrooms, Marco. What was he thinking, really? It’s so bizarre an idea. It just … well, let me show you. With gratitude for Raw Story:
Marco Rubio’s comparison that President Donald Trump’s White House UFC bash is akin to the Apollo moon landing left an MS NOW panel stunned. The Secretary of State defended the controversial mixed martial arts event during a Thursday appearance, casting UFC Freedom 250 as a quintessentially American feat on par with one of the nation’s greatest achievements. “You just gotta hear this bizarre comparison he made,” quipped host Jonathan Capehart.
UFC Cage match, and the first moon landing, and never the twain shall meet. Really, Marco? Would you like to share with the class? Because this doesn’t make one damn bit of sense. Not quite having an understanding of this. The two are nothing alike. And, as Denis told us earlier today, people can get seriously injured in one of those matches. These are things that no sane person should want to see, including us. The moon landing outclasses a cage match by not just a mile but a galaxy above one of those. Sheesh!
“When President Kennedy announced that we were going to put a man on the moon and return him safely to the Earth, no one thought that was possible. And we did it,” Rubio said in the clip. “We are a nation founded on doing what no one else dared to do, and no one else aspired to do. And at some level, that’s what this whole company, what UFC has been.” MS NOW panelists burst into laughter off camera, as Capehart tried to hold back a chuckle and added, “I’m just gonna leave that alone.” Scrutiny has grown over the spectacle. Court filings show the $60 million UFC event is being supported by at least seven federal agencies, while D.C. taxpayers will foot an estimated $10 to $12 million in supplemental security costs, per ESPN.
Yes, laughter. We can laugh because that’s ridiculous. UFC is aspiring to do what no one else can do. Yea no. Make that even potentially incurring a loss of life, and we are headed in the opposite direction, away from those insane people. It doesn’t matter what Trump says. This shizzle is flat-out disturbing. Thanks, but noooooo thanks. See ya later bye! *ahem*
Reuters/Ipsos polling shows just 16 percent of Americans support holding the fights at the White House. Critics — including the Public Integrity Project, which has called the event a “volcano of corruption” — argue the bash is a thinly veiled birthday celebration for Trump, who bought UFC parent company stock before announcing the event. Laura Barron-Lopez wrote for MS NOW about a $1 million per plate fundraiser for Trump’s top super PAC the night before the brawl. “And Trump ‘officially designed‘ a line of ‘Trump x UFC Freedom 250’ medallions, which are selling for $250 to $12,000,” she wrote. Sharing an excerpt from her piece, Capehart was left aghast. “What in the grift is this?” he questioned.
What a marvelous way to say it. “What in the grift is this?” This whole fight thing is incredibly overblown. And it is a giant grift, from the fundraiser dinner (who wants to pay a million a plate and can’t even be sure the food will be decent) to some rank, nasty challenge coin knockoff, to paying goo gobs of money to sit in stadium seats, which are guaranteed to be uncomfortable to watch this outdoors with the mosquitoes. There are a gazillion other things we would prefer to be doing, namely, celebrating our country’s 250th birthday. That’s a lot better than watching some fools trying to kill each other. Happy Birthday, America!!!
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