Dillon Danis would gladly forged his vote for Conor McGregor.
On Thursday, the previous UFC champion revealed in a prolonged publish on social media that he can be operating for President of Eire. The announcement got here days after the Irish megastar addressed members of the press in The White Home and met with U.S. President Donald Trump contained in the Oval Workplace.
Eire should absolutely implement the EU Migration Pact by June 12, 2026. So between now and 12 June 2026, a number of items of laws should be handed by each Homes of the Oireachtas & then signed by the President,” McGregor wrote on X.
“The subsequent presidential election should happen by 11 Nov 2025 Who else will stand as much as Authorities and oppose this invoice? Every other Presidential candidate they try and put ahead can be of no resistance to them. I’ll!
Danis, who has been a longtime pal and former BJJ coach to McGregor, provided his tackle the Irishman’s bid for the presidency, declaring that he’d throw his full assist behind the embattled MMA fighter.
“100%! He has all the credentials and I think the people will get behind him because he’s standing up for what the people are trying to say but that the president isn’t saying,” Danis stated in an interview courtesy of casinobeats.com.
“I’m not too familiar with Irish politics but it seems like Conor’s saying what all the people are saying and what the president is ignoring. He’s saying all the stuff that everybody else is scared to say. I would definitely vote for him. I’ve been there a lot of years, so maybe I’ll have citizenship.”
Conor McGregor has ‘close to zero chance’ of successful Irish presidency
With Donald Trump presently within the midst of his second unlikely time period as POTUS, something is seemingly doable in politics nowadays, however in keeping with Gail McElroy, a professor of political science at Trinity School Dublin, ‘Mystic Mac’ has “close to zero chance” of changing into Eire’s subsequent president.
“There’s two hurdles. First, you have to get nominated and then you have to win a majority of the vote,” McElroy informed SkySports. “Both of those hurdles are almost insurmountable [for McGregor].”
Candidates—irrespective of if they’re impartial or affiliated with a celebration—have to be nominated in one among two methods: The primary is to get the assist of 20 members of the Oireachtas —representatives in Eire’s decrease and higher homes of parliament. The second is to be nominated by 4 of Eire’s 31 native authorities, i.e. county or metropolis councils.
“You’re speaking about various kinds of characters, you understand Mary Davis, who runs the Particular Olympics [who ran for president in 2011]. It’s likable candidates who county councils really feel ought to have the choice to run.
“Conor McGregor is toxic in Ireland. I think it’s almost inconceivable that four county councils would endorse him.”
