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What started as a celebratory post\u2011fight interview on the White House lawn \u2014 moments after Josh Hokit knocked out Derrick Lewis, handed President Trump a gold chain, and thanked Jesus Christ \u2014 turned abruptly surreal when he capped his victory by shouting a baseless insult about Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd lastly, Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?\u201d he shouted.<\/p>\n

The South Lawn fell silent as Joe Rogan stepped back and ended the segment with a curt, \u201cLadies and gentlemen, Josh Hokit.\u201d The broadcast never returned to the remark.<\/p>\n

The backlash arrived quickly.<\/p>\n

UFC CEO Dana White texted Time magazine that while the Obamas are public figures, he was \u201ccompletely against saying nasty and false things about people\u2019s families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows my position on free speech, but I hate that kind of nonsense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. White also distanced himself from Hokit after he made the same claim about WNBA star Brittney Griner after a win at UFC 327.<\/p>\n

Comedian Shane Gillis, who attended the event, didn\u2019t hide his discomfort. \u201cYeah, I didn\u2019t like that,\u201d he told TMZ. \u00a0\u201cBut whatever, he was funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III was more direct. \u201cJosh Hokit won the biggest fight of his career at the White House and decides to finish his interview by calling Michelle Obama a man. What a disgrace,\u201d he wrote on social media. \u201cIt takes a really small man to use his biggest moment to attack a woman by calling her a man. Especially with the history behind calling Black women men.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunny Hostin, co\u2011host of ABC\u2019s The View, placed the moment in a broader historical frame.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this intersectionality between race, racism, and sexism that was on full display at the White House,\u201d she said on Monday\u2019s broadcast. \u201cThe crowd laughed at the statement, and the President of the United States smirked, and never addressed what was said. That is beneath the dignity of the office of the President of the United States, and it\u2019s beneath the dignity of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ms. Hostin added that the remark tapped into a long pattern of demeaning Black women. \u201cBlack women have been slurred and made to feel that they were unattractive, made to feel that they were masculine, made to feel that they didn\u2019t have the femininity that a white woman would have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Democrats on Capitol Hill piled on. Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico took to social media, calling the comment \u201cdisgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOk, so let me get this straight. The dude who puked on himself live on TV during his weigh\u2011in is hurling insults at the former First Lady now?\u201d she said, alluding to a weigh-in video that circled online of Mr. Hokit.<\/p>\n

Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas blasted Paramount, which streamed the event: \u201cSo is this the kind of trash we can expect from Paramount and CBS now?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Democratic National Committee posted a portrait of Mrs. Obama with the caption that she \u201clives in their heads rent\u2011free.\u201d<\/p>\n

White House spokesman Steven Cheung told CNN that Hokit \u201chad a great win last night\u201d and \u201cshowed toughness and the ability to pressure his opponent both on his feet and on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump, seated in the front row, appeared to flash a half\u2011smile seconds after the remark, according to CNN.<\/p>\n

Hokit wasn\u2019t supposed to be on the White House card at all. But after Mr. Trump questioned why Mr. Lewis wasn\u2019t fighting, Mr. White added the bout and matched Mr. Lewis with Mr. Hokit.<\/p>\n

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