The View hosts eviscerate Trump over reaction to UFC fighter calling Michelle Obama 'a man' [View all]

Source: Independent

The View co-host Sunny Hostin has called out Donald Trump for his reaction to MMA fighter Josh Hokit’s racial slur against Michelle Obama after his cage match at the White House’s controversial UFC Freedom 250 event.

To ring in America’s upcoming 250th anniversary and the president’s 80th birthday, the White House hosted a UFC cage match spectacle Sunday on the South Lawn. Following his victory against Derrick Lewis, Hokit sat down with podcaster Joe Rogan for a post-match interview, where he yelled: “Michelle Obama is a man, am I right America?”

Addressing the 28-year-old athlete’s hateful remarks during Monday’s segment of the ABC talk show, Hostin 57, said: “For a long time — and the roots are in slavery — Black women have been slurred and made to feel that they were unattractive, made to feel like they were masculine and that they didn’t have the femininity that a white woman would have.

“And so there’s this intersectionality between racism and sexism that was on full display at the White House,” she continued. “The crowd laughed at the statement, and the President of the United States smirked, and then never addressed what was said. That is beneath the dignity of the Office of the President of the United States and the dignity of the American people.”

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