{"id":593254,"date":"2021-07-16T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593254"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:21:09","slug":"megan-fox-reacts-to-backlash-over-trump-comments-pitchfork-carrying-burn-a-witch-at-the-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-fox-reacts-to-backlash-over-trump-comments-pitchfork-carrying-burn-a-witch-at-the-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Fox Reacts To Backlash Over Trump Comments: \u2018Pitchfork-Carrying, Burn-A-Witch-At-The-Stake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegan-fox-reacts-to-backlash-over-trump-comments-pitchfork-carrying-burn-a-witch-at-the-stake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actress Megan Fox is blasting the \u201cpitchfork\u201d mob following backlash she received for merely discussing the enthusiastic crowd reaction to former President Donald Trump at Sunday\u2019s UFC fight.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/he-was-a-legend-megan-fox-talks-trump-at-rowdy-ufc-arena\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Fox detailed earlier this week on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d how Trump was greeted by fans \u201clike a legend\u201d at the Conor McGregor-Dustin Poirier fight in Las Vegas:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"46\">\n<p><em>\u201cHe was a legend,\u201d Fox told \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d guest host Arsenio Hall. \u201cThat arena was, like, very supportive of Trump when he came in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fox attended the event with boyfriend rapper Machine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Other high-profile celebrities, like musician Justin Bieber and actor Mel Gibson, were at the fight, too. But it was Trump, Fox suggested, who drew the most attention.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was in a row with Bieber \u2014 Trump was also in my row,\u201d she told Hall.&nbsp;\u201cAnd I\u2019ve never seen a Secret Service person before. So, he had like 30 Secret Service with him. He was a legend. That arena was, like, very supportive of Trump when he came in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The actress, seemingly joking, said she doesn\u2019t know how she personally feels about the seating arrangement, as she was far more concerned about her own safety if the former president were to be a \u201ctarget.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know how I feel about this, because if someone is a target, then I\u2019m like, I could get harmed because I am like adjacent to where he is.\u2019 So, I was worried about my own safety, that\u2019s all I was caring about,\u201d Fox said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an Instagram story, Fox clarified her remarks, which were misreported by some outlets, and blasted critics for their \u201cburn-a-witch-at-the-stake mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUhmmm \u2026 I do not align myself with any political party or individual politicians,\u201d Fox wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never said Donald Trump is a legend. I&nbsp;said he was a legend\u2026in that arena,\u201d the 35-year-old explained, emphasizing \u201cin that arena\u201d as the \u201ckey part of the sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area was filled with UFC fight fans. Many of them clearly Republican based off the insane crowd reaction he received walking into the T-Mobile venue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was an observable fact. Not my opinion,\u201d the \u201cTransformers\u201d actress wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Fox then ripped into the \u201cpitchfork\u201d mob for coming after her over the mild comments of \u201cobservable fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally loving this uneducated, mid-evil (sic), pitch fork (sic) carrying, burn a witch at the stake mentality though,\u201d she snarked.&nbsp;\u201cThe world needs more of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_246251\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246251\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-246251 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-16-at-7.59.52-AM-327x576.png\" alt width=\"327\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-16-at-7.59.52-AM-327x576.png 327w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-16-at-7.59.52-AM-171x300.png 171w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-16-at-7.59.52-AM.png 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-246251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Screenshot: Pinterest<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As highlighted by The Daily Wire\u2019s Joe Morgan, Trump was met at the arena with mostly&nbsp;cheers and chants of \u201cU-S-A,\u201d though he was warned before the fight he might catch some booing:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18.216494845361\">\n<p><em>Before the fight, UFC President Dana White told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/07\/09\/dana-white-donald-trump-sitting-ringside-ufc-264-conor-mcgregor-dustin-poirier\/\">TMZ<\/a> that Trump would be placed by the octagon for the main event, even though the risk of hearing boos from the crowd was high.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe don\u2019t care,\u201d White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mma\/news\/donald-trump-to-attend-ufc-264-dana-white\/dg3n60fx3fq11p3ovorbht2lj\">said<\/a> of Trump. \u201cHe\u2019s not that guy. He\u2019s not hiding in a box somewhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe and I have been friends for over 20 years,\u201d White said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mma\/news\/donald-trump-to-attend-ufc-264-dana-white\/dg3n60fx3fq11p3ovorbht2lj\">Sporting News<\/a>. \u201cAnd he\u2019s a huge fight fan, not just UFC. He\u2019s a fight fan. He likes fighting like I like fighting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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