What Heather Cox Richardson has said about UFC White House event

1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 21, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson, American historian and author of the Substack newsletter Letters from an American, has been quoted on UFC White House event once in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on June 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Richardson contends that Theodore Roosevelt's boxing differed from the White House UFC fight because it used no taxpayer money and was not a branding or corruption opportunity.
“taxpayer money didn't go into Teddy Roosevelt's fighting. And it was not a branding opportunity. And for sure, it was not the corruption opportunity”
Pod Save America: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 7:05

Episodes

Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations
Pod Save America · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Historian Heather Cox Richardson and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's 250th-anniversary celebrations, his Washington building projects, patriotism, and JD Vance's blood-and-soil nationalism.

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