The UFC’s Despicable Night at the White House
freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); Alex Brandon/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. I had never heard of Josh Hokit until the other week. But the little I quickly learned about the immigrant-bashing, trans-hating Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter was enough to guess, correctly, that Hokit was the man behind the UFC Freedom 250’s most despicable moment on Sunday.
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- ▪I had never heard of Josh Hokit until the other week.
- ▪But the little I quickly learned about the immigrant-bashing, trans-hating Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter was enough to guess, correctly, that Hokit was the man behind the UFC Freedom 250’s most despicable moment on Sunday.
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- ▪ UFC White House live blog: Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia — Yahoo Sports
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| Original publisher | Mother Jones |
| Canonical URL | https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/josh-hokit-michelle-obama-ufc-freedom-250/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:20:39 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-15T15:28:46.261Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-15T15:33:00.270Z |
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); Alex Brandon/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I had never heard of Josh Hokit until the other week. But the little I quickly learned about the immigrant-bashing, trans-hating Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter was enough to guess, correctly, that Hokit was the man behind the UFC Freedom 250’s most despicable moment on Sunday. “Michelle Obama is a man,” Hokit belted out. “Am I right, America?” The slur, which came during a post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, was met with a mix of cheers and boo’s.
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