Dana White denies notion that UFC is a pro-Republican promotion: “I’d treat Joe Biden the same way!” [Video]

Dana White: “I don’t play b******t games with politics”

During a recent interview with Yahoo Sports‘s Ben Fowlkes, White addressed critics who believe U.S. politics are directly intertwined with the UFC brand.

“You see how the crowd reacts to [Donald Trump attending fights]? Off the charts,” White said. “If [Joe] Biden came to a UFC event, I would treat Biden the same way! If Biden was there, we would cover the fact that the President of the United States… or if [Barack] Obama, [George] Bush, any of those guys ever came to an event, we would treat them with the same respect. If a former or standing president of the United States shows up to your event, you show them the respect…

“It’s just like the thing that happened with Trump with the assassination attempt. If someone attempted to assassinate Biden, or any former president of the United States, I would be f***ing disgusted by it. Just like I was with the attempt on Trump’s …