Another MMA fighter has jumped into the political fray.
Royce White, a former NBA first-round pick and current MMA fighter, launched his bid for a U.S. Congress seat Tuesday. The fighter will run for Minnesota’s fifth congressional U.S. representative seat, currently held by Democrat Ilhan Omar. White is running as a Republican—one of several vying to oust the incumbent Omar.
”I’m running for Congress because our leaders have sold us out,” White said in a two-minute campaign video. ”We have to fight for freedom, we have to protect our communities. We have to restore what it means to be an American citizen.