Jemele Hill says UFC event at the White House was 'performative patriotism' that lacked 'diversity'

Fox News contributor Tyrus blasts legacy media comparisons between the White House UFC event and authoritarian governments on 'America Reports.'

Surprise, surprise, Jemele Hill did not like the UFC 250 Freedom event at the White House. Who'd have ever thought that someone whose entire career has been built on criticizing anything she can associate with the "right wing" would disapprove of an event hosted by Donald Trump?

TMZ conducted an interview with Hill, who naturally claimed the UFC event did not represent "the best of America."

"If this is supposed to represent the best of America, what about this represented the best of America?" she said.

While giving some acknowledgment that it's "great to celebrate" veterans, which the event did, she claimed that the proudly patriotic pageantry and demonstrations celebrating America's 250th anniversary was "gaudy" and "narcissistic." And that, to her, it was more of a "Trump rally" than celebration for the country.

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"But when you consider the context of what this is supposed to mean, everything about this felt gaudy, it felt narcissistic, it was like Temu WrestleMania to me," she said. "And I don't know if that's the correct representation for America, and especially this sport in particular. Because look out in the crowd, did you see a lot of diversity in the crowd? This felt like a Trump rally. This didn't feel like a rally or celebration for America, something to bring everybody in."

By now, everyone knows Hill's M.O.; any event hosted by Trump or a Republican is bad, any event hosted by a Democrat is good. The supposed lack of "diversity" in the crowd is not the "correct