Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor speaks from the briefing room lectern during a visit to the White House in Washington, D.C., March 17, 2025.
What a day it was. Early in the morning Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy won the playoff to secure the PGA Player's Championship.
Then the MMA fighter and recently criminally convicted Conor McGregor showed up to the White House and aired his country's dirty laundry in front of the world. He complained about the government being non-responsive to the problems of mass immigration and crime, and hoped that the United States would continue to be a "Big Bro" to Ireland and protect it. Irish government officials spent the afternoon insisting that McGregor is a convicted rapist and does not speak for anyone ...