“I think you’re a disgusting human being if you’re celebrating the death of another human being, but people make mistakes, and people are gonna do dumb things. I don’t like trying to destroy people’s lives over doing something dumb,” White said on CBS’s 60 Minutes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3802466\/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC fired analyst Matthew Dowd<\/a> after he said one can’t expect “awful actions” not to happen after “saying these awful words” in reference to Kirk. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3806822\/american-airlines-removes-pilots-caught-celebrating-kirk-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Airlines<\/a> removed several pilots from service who were “caught celebrating” Kirk’s assassination, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3806663\/office-depot-fires-employee-over-refusal-to-print-charlie-kirk-vigil-posters\/?ref=rawdiary.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Office Depot<\/a> fired an employee who refused to print vigil posters of Kirk for a customer.<\/p>\n<p>White is no stranger to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-claims-once-in-a-lifetime-pandemic-excuses-first-amendment-violations\/\" title=\"Federal Authorities Argue Exceptional Pandemic Justifies First Amendment Infringements\">advocating free speech<\/a>. In January 2024, he said he doesn’t “f***ing tell any other human being what to say.” His comments came after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2710783\/ufc-star-rails-against-despicable-usa-boxing-transgender-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colby Covington<\/a>, UFC star and former interim world champion,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2710783\/ufc-star-rails-against-despicable-usa-boxing-transgender-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>spoke out against USA Boxing’s new transgender policy, which he called “disgusting.”<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, White stood by mixed martial arts fighter Bryce Mitchell in January after Mitchell defended Hitler and denied the Holocaust on a podcast. White<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/43629456\/ufc-white-bryce-mitchell-hitler-comments-dumb-ignorant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> called <\/a>Mitchell’s comments “beyond disgusting,” but didn’t take disciplinary action since Mitchell has “free speech.” White added that anyone who hates Mitchell can watch him “get his a** whooped on global television.”<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3828750\/trump-losing-debate-over-fascism-rasmussen-reports-polling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP LOSING DEBATE OVER ‘FASCISM’ IN A BIG WAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White also described the UFC’s fanbase as “definitely, unapologetically masculine,” laughing off the idea that it could lead to “toxic masculinity.” He asked <em>60 Minutes<\/em>‘s Jon Wertheim what the term “toxic masculinity” means and if anyone can be “too masculine.” White concluded that the answer to the latter question is “hell no!”<\/p>\n<p>The UFC will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3497760\/ufcs-first-ever-white-house-fight-set-for-july-4-next-year-ceo-dana-white-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its first White House fight on July 4 next year<\/a>, one of several major events being held to celebrate the United States’s 250th birthday. 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