‘You’re a disgrace’: Conor McGregor slams Irish PM over comments about child hostage released by Hamas terrorists
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Professional boxer and mixed martial artist Conor McGregor criticized Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar over his response to the release of a kidnapped Irish-Israeli child who was released on Saturday.
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McGregor called Varadkar a “disgrace” for describing nine-year-old Emily Hand as “lost” then “found”. The terms, according to the champion boxer, did not correspond to the horror of what actually happened to her at the hands of Hamas terrorists when she was kidnapped on October 7 and held for weeks.
“She was kidnapped by an evil terrorist organization,” McGregor said wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “What is it that you and your government and your paid media partners constantly downplay/try to suppress terrible acts that happen to children? You are a disgrace.”
He continued: “The day after a knife attack on children in Ireland, NO newspaper had it on the front page. We will not forget.”
McGregor was specifically responding to an X post by Varadkar in which the Prime Minister used the aforementioned language when discussing Hand’s release.
“This is a day of great joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family,” Varadkar said wrote. “An innocent child who was lost has now been found and brought back and we breathe a deep sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.”
It appears McGregor is not the only one to object to the Prime Minister’s use of language when discussing the child’s captivity by Hamas terrorists.
Eli Cohen, Israel’s foreign minister, posted a statement on X-Sunday, skewering Varadkar and accusing him of “legitimizing and normalizing terror.”
“Mr. Prime Minister, it seems you have lost your moral compass and need a reality check!” Cohen wrote. “Emily Hand was not ‘lost.’ She was kidnapped by a terrorist organization worse than ISIS and murdered her stepmother.”
He continued: “Emily and more than 30 other Israeli children were taken hostage by Hamas and you @LeoVaradkar are trying to legitimize and normalize terror. “Shame on you!”
X also placed a context box under Varadkar’s original post, noting that users found the language inadequate to describe what was transpiring.
“Emily Hand was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7,” it said read. “The use of the term ‘lost’ is inappropriate and does not emphasize that she was released as part of a hostage deal.”
Varadkar defended his comments, saying: “The vast majority of people will know what I meant.”
As for the final part of McGregor’s message regarding child stabbings, he was referring to a knife attack in Ireland on Thursday in which scores of people, including three children, were injured.
The attack, which is under investigation, sparked unrest.
As for Hand, she is among the Israeli hostages released as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. According to Reuters, 50 Israeli children and women under the age of 19 and 150 Palestinian women and teenagers will be released by Israeli officials as part of the four-day ceasefire.
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