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hookaleft

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Wed Jun 17, 2026, 11:00 AM Yesterday

Top-Selling Comedian Goes Silent After Being Exposed as MAGA [View all]

Nate Bargatze has declined to make any public statement about his presence as a guest at Trump’s 80th birthday party.

America’s top-selling comedian has nothing to say after he was caught on camera grinning with MAGA royalty at the White House.

While a source close to Bargatze insisted that the comedy star attended Donald Trump’s 80th birthday event because UFC is his “favorite sport,” making his appearance “not political,” his silence as fans flood his social media profiles with messages of disappointment appears to some as confirmation of his support for MAGA.

The Daily Beast asked Bargatze’s representative directly whether the comedian had any statement to make about either his decision to attend the event or the slur hurled at former first lady Michelle Obama by one of the fighters. Bargatze’s rep did not respond to our request for comment.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/top-selling-comedian-nate-bargatze-goes-silent-after-being-exposed-as-maga/

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If Trump's involved, it's political. CrispyQ Yesterday #1
Who? buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #2
Never heard of him... displacedvermoter Yesterday #3
me either. Quiet Em Yesterday #5
Hard to get too indignant since don't know him displacedvermoter Yesterday #6
Same AStern Yesterday #7
Cheap way to get publicity Tim S Yesterday #4
"Top-selling?" City Lights Yesterday #8
He's hoping to replace Stephen Colbert. nt AnotherMother4Peace Yesterday #9
No doubt he'll rest on the "I need more info before responding" crutch Torchlight Yesterday #10
You simply can't go to that event, on the WH lawn, take pics with whomever flvegan Yesterday #11
Normally I'd expect "I have no idea how I got to this event" wasn't a credible excuse struggle4progress Yesterday #15
I think I saw him once on SNL Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #12
He is the number 1 male comedian right now. He bills leftyladyfrommo Yesterday #13
No one should be shocked. maxsolomon Yesterday #14
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