UFC star Justin Gaethje votes for Trump: ‘I’m proud to represent the USA’

UFC star Justin Gaethje expressed his support for the former president Donald Trump last week at a rally, and on Friday he revealed that he voted for him in the presidential election.

Gaethje revealed this in a post on X.

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April 12, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; UFC fighter Justin Gaethje during the ceremonial weigh-ins before UFC 300 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Mark J. Rebilas – USA TODAY Sports)

“I just cast my vote for (Donald Trump). “I have been proud to be an American since the day I was born,” he wrote. “I am proud to represent the USA. Go out there and vote for who you think will lead this country to peace and prosperity, because that’s what we strive for. Either way, continue to be a good neighbor.

“We need each other as much as ever.”

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April 13, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada: Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena. (Mark J. Rebilas – USA TODAY Sports)

Former temporary UFC lightweight champion he appeared at a rally in Michigan last week to talk to Arab Americans. Gaethje described the final days of the presidential campaign as the “championship rounds.”

Michigan will be a huge battleground up for grabs for Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump overtook Harris in Fox News Nationwide Survey back on October 16, 50% to 48%.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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However, Harris has a six-point lead among voters in seven key battleground states (within the margin of error for this subsample), and the gap between the candidates is 49% among voters in close counties (where the Biden-Trump margin of error for 2020 was less than 10 points). Trump’s lead comes from a larger share of counties he won by more than 10 points in 2020 (64% to 35%) than Harris has in counties Biden won by more than 10 points (58% to 39%).

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