Jon Ossoff
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They've since taken that one down.
I don't think that they're into that kind of messaging anymore.
But there was a point in time where they were.
where they were clearly making this pitch.
You asked about when the switch happened.
Dana White speaks at the Republican National Convention in 2016, but even that is really not the answer.
And the pandemic itself began to, I think, send White in a particular direction, but it was...
After January 6th, it is 2021.
It's the summer of 2021 UFC 264.
Donald Trump had made one appearance at that February CPAC.
You recall after Jan 6th and then one in that summer.
And on that same weekend, he goes to this event in Las Vegas, which had a Conor McGregor on the card.
So it's a, it's a very, very important event.
in the UFC calendar, and he makes his return.
And what you really have to understand is the UFC did many things for Donald Trump, but there is no private actor that I can think of during the Biden years and in the 2024 election that did more to rehabilitate Donald Trump's image than the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
They laundered him completely, among other things that set in motion these forces.
It's a great question.
And some of this does remain murky.
And some of this, I'll just be honest, is speculative to a degree, certainly.