UFC fighters tell Michigan Arabs to vote for Trump as a peacemaker: 'We're definitely in the championship rounds'

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UFC fighters tell Michigan Arabs to vote for Trump as a peacemaker: 'We're definitely in the championship rounds'
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WARREN, Mich. — UFC fighters Justin Gaethje, Beneil Dariush and Henry Cejudo stepped into the political ring last week, urging a crowd of Arab-American voters in swing-state Michigan to cast their …

WARREN, Mich. — UFC fighters Justin Gaethje, Beneil Dariush and Henry Cejudo stepped into the political ring last week, urging a crowd of Arab-American votersTheir selling point to clinch support for Trump? He’ll fight for peace in the Middle East.

“I think we’re definitely in the championship rounds, three weeks to go of this fight for America,” he said before urging attendees to vote for Trump. He forged a strong connection with the crowd, which was comprised of many Chaldeans, another Christian minority group from the Middle East that’s“I saw the things he did in the Middle East, where he stopped ISIS, where he stopped bombing just random people like Obama was doing,” Dariush said.

After his speech, Dariush told The Post protecting the people from his native region is a top political priority for him, second only to fighting for his family in the United States. Speaking to The Post in the banquet hall, Aljahmi had few kind words for the Biden-Harris administration.

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