‘Civil War is Coming’: A list of MMA fighters amplifying Trump’s claims of election fraud

Over the past few days, the United States has been engulfed in a electoral race to determine the country’s next president. The election has…

By: Karim Zidan | 3 years ago
‘Civil War is Coming’: A list of MMA fighters amplifying Trump’s claims of election fraud
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Over the past few days, the United States has been engulfed in a electoral race to determine the country’s next president. The election has boiled down to a handful of states where ballots continue to be tabulated on Friday. However, the lengthy process has also given rise to election-rigging conspiracies propagated by President Donald Trump and his allies.

The election fraud conspiracies arose after Trump declared a premature victory at a White House press conference early Wednesday. The president also pushed the false narrative of mass voter fraud on Twitter, claiming that Democrats are trying to “steal the election.” (Twitter has since flagged several of Trump’s tweets citing potential misinformation.)

In the wake of Trump’s false declaration of victory, several right-wing political activists and groups have attempted to disrupt mail-in voting and delegitimize the vote-counting system. This includes pushing election fraud conspiracy theories, many of which are now being propagated by notable MMA fighters.

It should be noted that there is no evidence of wide-scale illegal votes in any state. There is also no evidence that vote-counting observers are being shut out to cover up voter fraud, despite Trump pushing the false narrative for several days.

Below is a list of MMA fighters who have used their social media platform to falsely claim that several states are stealing the election.

Colby Covington

Jorge Masvidal

Tito Ortiz

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Eddie Alvarez

Michael Chandler

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Herschel Walker

Gina Carano

Pat Miletich

Hector Lombard

Tara LaRosa

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Karim Zidan
Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.

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