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Dana White’s wild reaction to being present for WHCD shooting goes viral: ‘F–king awesome’

Nypost · · 168 words · By Chris Nesi
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Dana White’s wild reaction to being present for WHCD shooting goes viral: ‘F–king awesome’ UFC President Dana White said being at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner during the shooting was “f–king awesome,” in a characteristically unfiltered reaction…

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Dana White’s wild reaction to being present for WHCD shooting goes viral: ‘F–king awesome’ UFC President Dana White said being at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner during the shooting was “f–king awesome,” in a characteristically unfiltered reaction…

Why it matters

White, 56, a longtime Trump ally, said he was seated “right in front of the president” when the gunfire broke out, and described the hectic scene to a reporter recording him on his phone.

Common ground

“It started getting noisy — tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and screaming ‘get down!'” he recalled.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/dana-whites-wild-reaction-to-being-present…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “UFC President Dana White said being at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner during the shooting was “f–king awesome,” in a characteristically unfiltered reaction rapidly circulating on social media.”
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Multiple web search results report Dana White's reaction to the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as 'f*cking awesome.' This reaction is reported across different web search snippets, indicating multiple independent reports of the same statement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles David Todd (born April 8, 1972) is an American journalist who was the 12th moderator of NBC's Meet the Press and is the current host of the podcast “The Chuck ToddCast." During his time at NB…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Todd
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dana Frederick White Jr. (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_White
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by jou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Correspondents'_As…
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Claim 2: “White, 56, a longtime Trump ally, said he was seated “right in front of the president” when the gunfire broke out, and described the hectic scene to a reporter recording him on his phone.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that Dana White was seated in front of President Trump when the chaos erupted. One source specifies he was 'seated directly in front of President Donald Trump’s table,' and another mentions he was 'seated just in front of President Trump.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dana Frederick White Jr. (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_White
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted worldwide attention since he joined Twitter (now X) in March 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_X_by_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by jou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Correspondents'_As…
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Claim 3: ““It started getting noisy — tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and screaming ‘get down!'” he recalled.”
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Two distinct web search results quote Dana White describing the chaos, mentioning 'tables getting flipped over' and people running with guns while shouting 'Get down!'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dana Frederick White Jr. is an American businessman who is the CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a global mixed martial arts organization. In 2025, White's net worth was estimat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_White
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web search NEUTRAL — “Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and they were screaming ‘Get down!’ I didn’t get down – it was fucking awesome. I literally took every minute of it in.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/26/dana-white-pre…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns. 'They were telling me to get down, I didn't get down.'It was a gun and some people understood that pretty quickly and other people didn't. I was…
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/mma/article-15766517/dana-wh…
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Claim 4: “He said he had no idea what was happening as the Secret Service rushed in.”
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Two web search results state that Dana White was initially unaware of the unfolding events, noting that he 'didn’t exactly know what was happening at that moment' or that he saw the Secret Service arrive after the shooting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dana Louise Priest is an American journalist, writer and teacher. She has worked for nearly 30 years for the Washington Post and became the third John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Public Affairs J…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kaylee DeFer is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Hillary Gold in The War at Home and Ivy Dickens in Gossip Girl.
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