Ireland’s taoiseach has denounced anti-immigration comments made by Conor McGregor as the MMA fighter visited the White House before a St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump.
McGregor said “Ireland is on the cusp of losing its Irishness” and that an “illegal immigration racket” was “running ravage on the country”.
Last week, Donald Trump singled out “Conor” – who last year was found liable for sexual assault after a civil trial – as one of his favourite Irish people.
Dressed in a green business suit to mark Ireland’s national day, McGregor was at the White House at Trump’s invitation and participated in an impromptu Q&A session with reporters. “There are rural towns in Ireland that have been overrun in one swoop,” he said, speaking in the White House briefing room alongside the president’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.
It’s wild for someone Irish to be railing against immigration. Its like all the Cuban folks railing against immigration currently: know the history of your people and have an ounce of empathy.
They have a large housing crisis, and some people care about the poor that are overwhelmingly affected by it.
Last week, Donald Trump singled out “Conor” – who last year was found liable for sexual assault after a civil trial – as one of his favourite Irish people.
It’s so goddamn predictable, isn’t it?
If trump said he loved epstein, his supporters would go “… actually he is a pretty good guy. Democrats framed him using hunter bidens laptop. Hillary’s emails showed they wanted to kill him for actually trying to fight AGAINST pedophiles… have i seen the emails? No but all the emails have been deleted and trump said he read them and then deleted them to protect the safety of children. And i trust him because god appointed him president… Also why are you questioning me? Sleepy Biden can’t even speak correctly! Why are you not questioning your dear biden!? You fucking democ-rat libtard! 😡”
Guy who gets hit on the head for money shouldn’t be listened to ever.
If you can’t see the irony of an Irish dude going to the US Whitehouse to complain about immigrants then you need to work on your sense of humor
Maybe he should immigrate to the US.
No one here in Ireland likes him.
Thank you for speaking up! Canadian of Irish ancestry here and I honestly thought he was a national treasure. But we don’t often see news of Ireland.
Check this thread (on reddit unfortunately). The comments really sum up our sentiment towards him. https://safereddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1jddev6/that_says_it_all/
His walk really annoys me. Like I know he would knock my ass out but come on dudes a fucking idiot.
Stands to reason that a dude who got good at punching and being punched in the head doesn’t have the most nuanced take.
Also, are all the people Trump supports convicted of sexual crimes.
The loud drunk that beats up old people if they criticize his product is conservative?
totally on brand with trumpism
No surprise he was invited there.
Conor McGregor in the white house for an offical visit. It’s as absurd as having someone like Mike Tyson in the white house. Ya he’s famous, but shouldn’t be held up by our government for any reason.
Or Kid Rock. Or Ted Nugent.
Basket of deplorables
So a guy whose job is to get punched in the face repeatedly is speaking to the nation live from the white house
Interesting
Nothing is shocking anymore!
He’s one of those athletes using all the muscles except the one that matters.
Useful idiot stooge.
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Many countries are doing mass immigration to goose GDP to hide a recession.
Looking at Ireland they have doubled immigration, meaning they too are goosing GDP.
They also have a housing crisis as well, so its clearly being done for fake economic growth at the expense of the poor.
Sort of, except that it’s real economic growth. And skyrocketing property prices aren’t being solely driven by a couple percent per year population growth. There are other factors besides that absurdly crude and obviously false model.
Competitive rivalry for housing isn’t linear, prices can rise dramatically with a few percent more demand.
Is it economic growth on a per capita basis or not?
