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Dana White calls White House Correspondents Dinner shooting awesome then details chaos
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Published on 27 April 2026
He says he stayed put while others ducked
UFC CEO Dana White sparked backlash after calling the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting “f---ing awesome,” even as a Secret Service agent was injured. In recounting the moments, White said attendees were told to get down as chaos unfolded, but he stayed to watch. The shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, was arrested.
- Dana White labeled the shooting “f---ing awesome”
- A Secret Service agent was injured during the attack
- White recounted attendees being told to get down
- Shooter Cole Tomas Allen was arrested
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