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Leftists throw a tantrum over White House UFC bout — but that’s not their real gripe

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Last week, when I was honored to attend a dinner in the White House Rose Garden, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino gestured beyond the starry-eyed guests toward the massive arched dome that was rising above the South Lawn.

“UFC next week, that’s pretty awesome,” he joked about Sunday’s spectacle celebrating both the nation’s 250th birthday and President Donald Trump’s 80th.

“He’s thinking about keeping that. I’m sure no heads will explode on that one.”

Outside the White House, though, plenty of hair was already on fire.

Hillary Clinton raged on X, “This is what Trump’s done to the People’s House: a third of it is rubble, another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.”  

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“What’s next? Cockfighting? Dogfighting?” spluttered Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). “It’s such a sacrilege to the White House and to our nation’s capital.”

A leftist nonprofit even filed a lawsuit to block the proceedings, characterizing them as “fundamentally” a “corrupt use of our most sacred........

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