UFC legend criticises Dana White’s response to Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
UFC chief White, a close friend of US president Donald Trump, was present for the shooting and labelled the experience ‘awesome’
UFC legend Matt Brown has taken issue with Dana White ’s response to last week’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner , after the UFC president labelled the experience “awesome” . White, a friend of US president Donald Trump, was present for the shooting on Saturday, when an attacker burst past security and opened fire, allegedly targeting Mr Trump. The president, First Lady Melania Trump, and vice-president JD Vance were among those rushed off the stage.
One police officer was shot but was saved by their bulletproof vest, and alleged suspect Cole Allen, 31 , was arrested and later charged with attempting to assassinate Mr Trump . Dana White (left) at a UFC event with president Donald Trump (right) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (AFP/Getty) White, 56, told USA Today: “It started to get noisy. Tables started getting flipped over, guys running with guns and they were screaming ‘get down!
’ I didn’t get down. It was f***ing awesome, and I literally took every minute of it in. It was a pretty crazy, unique experience.
We were sitting right in front of the table, right in front of where the president was. Nobody got tackled but guys came in looking for shooters, I thought the shooter was over by us or something. ” And Brown, who was once present for a fatal shooting, has hit out at White’s response to events.