GOP candidate gets into insult-flinging public fight after internet mocks his MMA record
Far-right Minnesota Senate candidate Royce White picked yet another fight on social media Thursday.
White, a former NBA player and mixed martial artist, posted footage of one of his older fights to the X social media platform with the caption: "The next U.S. Senator of Minnesota... A Fighter!"
"The thing about fighting and competition, you don't always win but are you willing to fight? Are you willing to lose? Are you willing to die? I am! We need fighters for America now," wrote White. "Btw, I lost this fight on takedowns, I won strikes. I'm much better now than I was then."
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When the account @bartsampson6 replied, "You lost this fight, lol," White shot back, "You're a he/they, you lost that fight" — attacking people for including LGBTQ-inclusive pronouns in their social media bios having become a go-to attack on the far-right.
This is not the first time White, who is challenging three-term Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has gotten into the mud on social media. Earlier this week, he challenged another of his online critics to a fight. He has also extensively boasted about the size of his genitals.
And his confrontational attitude isn't limited to social media.
When asked by reporters about his failure to keep up with child support, he said: "A lot of people have child support. A lot of people have alimony. A lot of people have back child support. All you liberals really just want to shame people with kids, because you’re anti-human as f---. That’s it. I love my children. And I’m current on my child support. I pay more child support than probably many people in this country over the course of their lives. It’s really a nothing issue.” He has also proclaimed women these days are "too mouthy" and raged against the influence of the "Jewish lobby."
As if all of this was not enough controversy, White has been accused of incorrectly spending campaign funds at a strip club in Florida.