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Billy Binion

The White House UFC Fight Is the Perfect Event for the Present, Not the Past

Walking around the White House South Lawn these days, you notice a few things. There is the tiered platform with mics and music stands. There are the many folding seats, situated in a theater in the round, each stamped with: "WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT STAND ON CHAIR." There are the stairs branded with crypto.com. And then, above it all, there is "The Claw": the hulking, four-legged, makeshift canopy hovering 92 feet aloft, finished in red, white, and blue.

There are selfies.

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