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Former President Donald Trump was greeted with cheers and chants while attending a UFC fight on Saturday, highlighting that his indictment only galvanized his supporters.
Trump made a surprise appearance at the Kaseya Center for UFC 287 in Miami, accompanied by musician Kid Rock, former boxing champion Mike Tyson and UFC President Dana White.
BREAKING: UFC crowd breaks out in USA! USA! USA! chant as Trump rises and waves at the area pic.twitter.com/UDB59bgZ7w
— Jack Poso
(@JackPosobiec) April 9, 2023
Thousands of attendees cheered on Trump and chanted his name and “USA! USA USA!”
UFC crowd goes crazy for Trump on Jumbotron. Any doubt Biden gets booed? That’s assuming, of course, he could stay up this late. pic.twitter.com/pgZYEmqhtt
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) April 9, 2023
Crowd chanting as former President Donald Trump and Kid Rock take their seats octagonside for #UFC287 pic.twitter.com/ld6qPLLvBG
— Rodrigo Del Campo González (@RodDelCampo) April 9, 2023
Trump and Mike Tyson ?!
#UFC287 pic.twitter.com/HZoC6HZYWI
— Jason ( w/o The Y) (@JasTheFace715) April 9, 2023
UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal gave a shoutout to Trump after losing his final professional fight to Gilbert Burns, then launched into a “Let’s Go Brandon” chant.
“I wanted to say, greatest president in the history of the world sitting right there,” he said. “I love that guy.”
Jorge Masvidal thanks Donald Trump, calls him “greatest President in the history of the world” and then starts a “Let’s go Brandon” chant.
— ALX
Wow. Jorge Masvidal retires and leads a chant of “Let’s go Brandon!” pic.twitter.com/ftpeJ8IhTJ
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 9, 2023
Trump’s appearance comes days after he was arraigned in a New York courtroom on Tuesday on 34 felony counts of “falsifying business records” amid an effort to pay hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
Polls showed Trump’s approval climbed after his arraignment.