Al Sharpton went on Morning Joe to connect UFC Freedom 250 to slavery.
Then he kept running his mouth and dug his hole deeper.
What he said next tells you everything about where the Left is right now.
Al Sharpton on Morning Joe Called UFC Freedom 250 a Slavery Reenactment
On MS NOW's Morning Joe, Al Sharpton launched into a tirade connecting UFC Freedom 250 – the June 14 fight card on the White House South Lawn – to antebellum slavery.
"Trump and others are trying to bring us back to an America that we struggle to get out of," Sharpton said.
Then came the line that will follow him everywhere.
"So there is a connection of why they're having these fights on the White House lawn – the UFO, whatever they call it, UFC and all that – because they're trying to go back to that when, you know, they'd watch people have these fights for the slave masters and they'd be entertained by that."
The man attacking UFC as a racist institution forgot the name UFC.
Co-host Mika Brzezinski jumped in and called ICE enforcement operations another example of Trump administration racism.
Sharpton kept going – dragging Andrew Jackson into it, accusing Trump of wanting to restore a slave-owning America because a Jackson portrait hangs in the Oval Office.
Dana White Answered the Racism Charge Before Sharpton Even Made It
One week before Sharpton's meltdown, UFC boss Dana White sat down with New Yorker editor David Remnick and addressed the racism accusation directly.
White pointed to Trump's decades-long friendship with Michael Jackson – a black man Trump publicly defended during the worst period of Jackson's life.
"The president had a very good relationship with Michael Jackson and had Michael Jackson around his kids all the time," White said. "And you know, defended him when it was going down. So to call the guy a racist is crazy. He's not a racist."
That's the actual record.
Trump has been friends with black celebrities, athletes, and entertainers for forty years.
He counted Michael Jackson as a close enough friend to involve his own children.
Dana White – who has known Trump longer than most of his critics – went on record to say it.
What UFC Freedom 250 at the White House Actually Is
The event Sharpton called a slavery reenactment is a historic American celebration.
UFC Freedom 250 lands on June 14 – Flag Day and Trump's 80th birthday – as part of America's 250th anniversary.
The card features some of the biggest names in the sport: lightweight champion Ilia Topuria defends against Justin Gaethje in the main event, with Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane on the undercard.
Weigh-ins happen at the Lincoln Memorial.
Fighters walk to the Octagon from the Oval Office.
It broadcasts on CBS and Paramount+ for anyone in America who wants to watch.
Trump told reporters he has never seen more interest in any event he has been involved in.
Al Sharpton and Tawana Brawley: This Is Who Is Calling You a Racist
In 1987, Sharpton told the entire country that New York prosecutor Steven Pagones had raped a 15-year-old girl.
He said it on television, repeatedly, until the whole country was watching.
It was a complete hoax. Pagones sued, won, and Sharpton never apologized – letting his supporters write the check instead.
In 2024, the Kamala Harris campaign sent two $250,000 payments to Sharpton's nonprofit in September and October – then Sharpton sat down with Harris on MS NOW on October 20 and gave her one of the softest interviews of the entire election cycle.
He never told his viewers – and never told his bosses.
This is the man MS NOW puts on television every morning to tell you Trump wants to bring back slavery.
And he can't even remember the name UFC.
50,000 Americans are about to watch championship fights on the White House lawn, with weigh-ins at the Lincoln Memorial, on the 250th birthday of the freest country in human history.
Al Sharpton looked at that and saw a plantation.
That tells you everything you need to know about this race hustler.
Sources:
- Ben Kew, "MSNBC's Al Sharpton Likens Trump White House UFC Event to Slavery," The Gateway Pundit, May 29, 2026.
- Nicholas Spinnato, "Al Sharpton Likens White House UFC Fights to Slave Masters," Newsbusters, May 29, 2026.
- "Sharpton: Trump Going Back to Fights for Slave Masters with UFC Event," Breitbart, May 29, 2026.
- "UFC Ring Construction Begins at White House," The Hill, May 26, 2026.
- "UFC Freedom 250: What to Know About Fight Date, Card and More," Yahoo Sports, May 2026.
- "Al Sharpton's Interview Scandal Becomes Latest in Decades-Long History of Controversies," Fox News, 2024.
- Ben Shapiro, "Why Do Advertisers Back Race-Baiter Al Sharpton?," Creators Syndicate, October 2013.