Conor McGregor withdraws from Ireland's presidential race

After careful reflection and consultation with my family, I am withdrawing my candidacy from this presidential race”, he posted to X on Monday morning.

This was not an easy decision, but it's the right one at this point”, writes The Guardian.

The Irish presidency is a largely symbolic seven-year-old post, but McGregor had pledged to curb immigration in order to support “Irish culture” and give power “back to the people”.

He had hoped to exploit his followers in the social media, including 10.7 million followers on X ʹ and the support of Elon Musk and Donald Trump to join the ballot sheet for the October 24th elections.

Tucker Carlson and other American commentators of the extreme right had also supported the former Atlantic. /Periscope/