The former Irish Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, Conor McGregor, is once again saying he is exploring a potential run for the President of Ireland, with a promise to throw out the “charlatans in their positions of power” in Ireland’s lower legislative house, the Dáil.
McGregor had previously hinted at a run for the Irish presidency, as the incumbent, President Michael D. Higgins, is currently serving out his final seven-year term and is ineligible to run again for the 2025 elections. He told his fans in a Sept. 5 tweet that he was the “only logical choice” for president and that “Ireland needs an active President employed wholly by the people of Ireland.”
The former UFC champion has been increasingly vocal against mass migration to Ireland over the past year and has slammed the European Union’s open-border policies, which have caused tens of thousands of illegal migrants to flood the shores of Ireland in recent years.
“As President, I hold the power to summon the Dáil as well as dissolve it. So as i [sic] said before, I would have all the answers the people of Ireland seek from these thieves of the working man, these disrupters of the family unit, these destructors of small businesses, and on and on and on!” tweeted McGregor. “These charlatans in their positions of power would be summoned to answer to the people of Ireland and I would have it done by day end. Or I would be left with no choice but to dissolve the Dáil entirely. Stop the train until. The people of Ireland deserve the answers they seek. Point blank.”
“This would be my power as President. I know very well. Ireland needs an active President employed wholly by the people of Ireland. It is me. I am the only logical choice. 2025 is upcoming…” McGregor continued. […]
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I bet nobody yells at him or gets rude at any debates. One tough dude.
That’s one way to restore civility to politics!