Conor McGregor Megathread *Mod Warning in OP Updated 20th April*

Fair enough, these issues aren’t completely overlooked, but from influential figures they still come across as restrained and cautious.

What is so hard to understand? McGregor is the only person talking about issues in Ireland. The legacy media haven't covered any of the real issues. Instead they gas light and demonise anyone that does. The fact we have Tucker Carlson interviewing McGregor is a by product of the media scurrying away from hard topics.

The same Tucker Carlson who last year went to Russia to interview Putin which amounted to a propaganda exercise for Russia? Carlson is a propagandist and the fact you're celebrating a rapist for saying what you personally believe isn't exactly a great sign of your personal standards. The entire interview amounts to some propaganda that the US can lap up about Ireland...

And you seem to be avoiding the fact that you appear to have some respect for the rapist... Politicians can and do say what they wish btw. The ones who ran on the issues your passionate about didn't actually tend to get elected.... You're just happy because a high profile person is pushing the crap you believe and the fact he himself is a criminal including a rapist is something you don't seem to mind. Or the fact that this is a guy who has intimidated women out of reporting him in the past...

Also worth remembering, the vast majority of Irish people have no interest in this interview.

Any reason why you're dodging the fact he's a rapist? It seems to be something that you're actively avoiding.

In his own head. But coming from someone who doesn't come across as the brightest in the first place and has a high probability of suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), I wouldn't take notice of what McGregor might think.

This idea that he’s the only one not afraid to stand up and talk about the real issues is total rubbish. He’s a right wing grifter with a platform, nothing more. The government are constantly being grilled about immigration, heath and housing.

His ideas about the presidency are pure fiction, but it’s not for an Irish audience, it’s for an ignorant US audience who think that the president should essentially be a king and anywhere that doesn’t allow it isn’t a democracy.

If Conor genuinely cared about Ireland or the Irish, he could run to be a TD here, or use his fame or position to secure funding for social programs or housing projects. But he doesn’t care about us, he cares about himself. He loves calling himself a patriot while spending most of his time partying in the US.

I can see McGregor running for the Dail at the next election, sadly.

The clown posted this on Twitter.

I'd say the reason he's talking about the presidency is because it's the one he won't get a chance to run for. He will then claim the government are doing everything to keep him out of politics. Why doesn't he run to be a TD? In my opinion because he knows he'd be soundly defeated. He's focusing on the one role he knows he will never have to back up any of his claims while convincing the Americans that people in Ireland would just love to vote for him

Can he run independently? I'm not sure. Don't know what the criteria are. If he does need nominations from TDs/councils then you are right. Don't anyone would support him (Did that "National" Party get one person in? I THINK they did but I could be wrong). Well, if he needs to be sponsored by a TD or council or something then I assume you are right and he won't be able to. Shame 😀