Liberals Hold A Counter Event To Protest UFC Event At The White House

The UFC Freedom 250 event was absolutely electric.

However, not everyone was a fan of the historic event.

Liberals upset with President Trump hosting a fight on the White House South Lawn, held their own event at The Town Hall in New York.

The event was called “Rise Up, Sing Out” and featured several singers and actress Jane Fonda.

Videos of the event were posted on X and the internet was quick to make jokes about the event.

Take a look:

Libs are counter-programming the UFC event at the White House. With this. pic.twitter.com/H8SXL564TQ

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 15, 2026

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Even more video has been released from the Democrats "big" counter-event to the UFC Freedom 250 event last night, and… well… yeah.

Liberals are PROUD of this, by the way! pic.twitter.com/P6ixMXykXT

— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) June 15, 2026

The Hollywood Reporter reported more on the event:

Jane Fonda gave a passionate speech defending the First Amendment on Sunday night at the star-studded Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment.

The event, held at The Town Hall in New York, was organized by the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that originally formed in 1947 during the McCarthy era but was recently revived by Fonda.

“Right now, the government and its cronies [are] routinely violating its First Amendment to silence artists,” she said onstage. “Shuttering institutions like the Kennedy Center, defunding museums and the National Endowment of the Arts, and banning books, canceling TV, hosts who speak out. It’s really bad. And it’s being allowed by cowardly corporations. I’m not gonna name names right now. But I am honored now to pass the mic to artists and activists who continue to speak up and sing out so that we might be inspired to rise up.”

Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Amendment Sets NYC Concert With Bette Midler, Patti Smith
Fonda also thanked the audience for showing up and supporting the committee’s mission to “defend free expression against government repression, industry complicity and intimidation,” according to its website.

“Showing up is an act of hope, and you all give me hope,” she said. “Those rights are for everyone, everyone. And we must defend them for everyone. Even if we don’t agree with them. You know, it’s not about Democrat or Republican, or left or right. It’s about right or wrong. And it is wrong. It is wrong for people to be attacked and called terrorists for exercising their rights and freedoms. It’s time for Americans all across the country, all across the political spectrum, who care about these freedoms, to stand up, creatively, nonviolently, to defend these rights, while we can. And we must do this now. Because if we don’t, we’re not gonna have any rights to descend.”

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The Dems are counter programming with 70year old boomers and theater kids.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/6tahIosUjL pic.twitter.com/D3IJKHXUvT

— Lance Cleaver (@Lance_Cleaver) June 15, 2026

The counter event was no comparison to this:

Imagine being so miserable that you see this and get mad. pic.twitter.com/5DwyHFReyR

— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) June 15, 2026

Or this:

These White House walkouts are NEXT LEVEL

Fighters emerging from the People’s House for UFC Freedom 250!

This is straight-up awesome. History in the making on the South Lawn.

Let’s gooo 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/yMJ3fjvOcb

— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) June 15, 2026

And definitely did not top the main event:

UFC Freedom 250: Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje FULL FIGHT pic.twitter.com/da9Vn3NsOA

— The Sports Pulse (@Tsportspulse) June 15, 2026