Another name has jumped into the ring in an attempt to oust incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar. Royce White, a former Gophers basketball player and current MMA athlete, launched his bid for a U.S. Congress seat Tuesday.
Source: CBS Minnesota @ CBS Minnesota
Source: CBS Minnesota @ CBS Minnesota
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“I’m a fifth-generation Minnesotan, and a product of the Twin Cities. But, first and foremost, I’m an American,” White says in a video he posted to Twitter Tuesday morning. “I’m running for Congress because our leaders have sold us out.” White goes on in the video to call Omar a “globalist,” and a “puppet for the establishment.” The video also includes swipes at “Big Pharma, Big Tech and the corporate elites.” -via CBS Minnesota / February 22, 2022
Two years after announcing his transition to MMA, former NBA player Royce White is set for his debut. White, who was drafted by the Houston Rockets in 2012, will meet former football player Daiqkwon Buckley on the main card of LFA 120, which takes place Friday at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minn., and streams on UFC Fight Pass. -via MMA Junkie / December 6, 2021
