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SEAN SPICER HAS said there is a difference between Irish immigrants and people from countries like Mexico entering the US.
Speaking on the Late Late Show last night, the former White House press secretary said: “As an Irish America, someone who understands the trials and tribulations that so many Irish folk felt coming to America, I’m very proud of America’s history welcoming immigrants … Immigrants have made our country what it is.”
During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump was widely criticised for saying: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best … They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
Since being elected, the US President has pursued plans to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
When presenter Ryan Tubridy said: “If you replaced the word Mexican with Irish in 1845 and 2018″, Spicer smiled and said: “We wouldn’t be here.”
Tubridy responded by saying: “That’s not funny.” The audience applauded when Tubridy said: “It’s a dangerous thing to be talking about.”
When Tubridy asked Spicer if he saw the correlation, Trump’s former spokesperson said: “There’s a difference.”
He said he “90%” agreed with Trump’s wall policy, stating that a strong border is needed to deal with human trafficking and drug trafficking
“You’re equating a wall with not having immigration. Look, every country has to protect its borders and to make sure the people that are coming in are there for purpose of good, that aren’t there to harm their people,” Spicer said.
Catholic forgiveness
When asked about the Access Hollywood tape in which Trump can be heard saying his fame means he can do “anything” he wants to women, including “grab them by the pussy”, Spicer said: “I think we’ve all said or done things that we regret.”
Obviously I don’t agree with the comments that were made on the tape, I don’t think anybody did. And I think the president, at that time the candidate, said that was not a conversation that he approved of, he apologised for it.
Spicer said Trump had “expressed remorse” and deserved forgiveness.
“I think the one thing about being a Catholic is that we’re all taught about forgiveness… If someone truly asks for forgiveness and you believe they mean it then that’s what we’re all asked Catholics to do.”
‘Every day was an eternity’
Spicer quit his job as press secretary last July in opposition to Trump hiring Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as the White House communications director (Scaramucci himself was fired 10 days later after a profanity-laden interview in which he criticised some of his colleagues was published).
Speaking about his brief tenure in the White House, Spicer said: “Every day was an eternity.
It’s a very demanding job and it’s a very intense place to work, under any president. And with this president you added an element of excitement to each and every one of those days.
Describing Trump, Spicer stated: “He’s very straightforward, you know where you stand at all times with him for good or bad. There’s no beating around the bush, for certain. He has very strong beliefs about what he wants to do and how he wants to do it.”
In a separate interview with the Irish Times World View podcast, Spicer said Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House was “between 30 and 40% accurate”.
The book paints the White House in a state of disarray, accusing Trump of being unfit to lead a country – something the US President has denied, saying he is a “very stable genius”.
The book also quotes Trump’s former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon as describing a meeting between Trump’s son Don Jr and a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”.
During the podcast, Spicer said he believes Trump will be elected for a second term because the US economy is doing well.
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He’s an absolute eejit if he thinks people will vote him Taoiseach
Knowing this country. We probably will and we’ll complain about again.
its like asking me do I still want to be Batman.
There was a time that I really did and then realised that ship had sailed so the best i could hope for his sidekick robin.
Hes already been robin and in more ways than one.
He doesn’t giv a flying shite bout being the next Taioseach or losing the election.. The lifetime pension is ready for him..
The man has completely lost the plot!!
What an Ars#hole
Hahaha, there’s just no stopping this lad
Can I have some of whatever he’s on? Make the world look totally different!
Well that gave me a laugh .
Bye bye Labour
Bye bye Gilmore
He’s deluded.
“Gilmore in bullish mood”?
Is that a typo for bullshit!
Eamon; please do the country a favour and take a long walk in a quicksand pit. You’d be of much more use to us there.
“The madness of king Eamon”.
The only thing that Gilmore ever looked after was himself.
He’s a two faced liar who sold the ordinary working class people promises that he knew he would never fulfil.
All in the name of lining his pockets.
When I was 10 I wanted to be godzilla. Looks like we will both be disappointed
Gilmore? Taoiseach? What is this ‘Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There’ ?
I really think this man has lost the plot,….he had a bad couple of months?…..Irish people have had a bad few years!
Eamon Gilmore has made a lot if empty promises, one more recently was his promise to the family of Matthew Fitzpatrick, to , on their behalf investigate his suspicious death in Germany. He told the family, he would take a ” personal interest ” in their case, but that was , the last they heard from him. This is decent Irish family , who in their hour of need turned to the people who’s job , in my humble opinion is the welfare of it’s citizens , for help, and received nothing. Now breaking promice over water charges is one thing, but playing politics , and giving lip service, to a grieving family, is entirely another. Will someone ask Mr Gilmore, what if anything he has done, if nothing, will he honour his promise, to these citizens of the state, he is honour bound by his high office to protect. The sooner the better before a rumour, that he is afraid to upset our new landlord Ms Angela Merkel, by questioning the work of her police.
What a fool, what a sad deluded fool.
Do the country a favour Gilmore, f**k off and take your party of failure with you.
After this weekend he’ll be lucky if hes still a politician
At this stage a Physiatric Assessment is required as this man has totaly lost his mind
Ah come on, he is surely having a laugh. The most useless, incompetent gombeen ever to enter the Dail. Get rid of him quickly before he destroys what’s left of our country.
I don’t know why the bailout is referred to as such. It’s a massive loan which had been forced upon our nation. There’s a big difference. It makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. And FG Ff and labour don’t care.
The drugs dont work eamon, or maybe they do.
Deludedville is a place after all!
Imagine my surprise when I went to the Circus at the weekend.
Their head clown was called Eam*n Gilm*re…..
Does Gilmore watch that film
Happy Gilmore before he goes to bed every night , as all he’s doing is same as the film happy Gilmore making a mochary out of himself . Gilmore for Taoiseach keep dreaming eamon not even your mep last night backed u wen asked does she think ul be gone if labour perform badly on fri , coarse u will & likewise with traitor Costello & rest of labour liars & Fine Gael traitors .
Not a hope fool
Fool
we want Eamon we want Eamon……NOT
He’s got as much chance of becoming Taoiseach as I have of becoming Pope. It’s so delusional at this stage that I’m beginning to think he exists in an alternate reality and actually believes the rubbish he spouts.
He’s some man to waffle in fairness to him, can’t even answer simple questions. Absolute vermin that’s all I can say.
What an awful man.
To the people in the journal that are so happy with there amazing exclusive. labour are low so they offer you an interview, you snap it up and promote labour as a result. Will you have all politicians interviewed election week? You make me want to delete my app.
Beginning to think O’Brien has his editors in the journal , renaming independent journal :-)
Agreed been getting a lot of labour pop ups on this site recently…
should explain why shatter is in line for €74000 serverance pay for resiging as justice minister as reported on other media sites today……..
Ground control to Eamo Gilmore.
An impressive showing. History will judge him well.
Huh??!!
Drunk?
He’ll be thrown down a well
If he’s thinks he’s in with a chance he’s even more out of touch than we thought
Brendan – Are you a delusional Stickie Labour person too ?
Presumably Eamonn knows a good bit about printing ?
He was part of the Organisation in Gardiner Place in Dublin , that had its own $50 bogus Printing Plates and Machine !
He may well go into something like that in the future , to supplement his Big Fat Ministerial Pension , when he too loses , or does not contest his seat , in the final moments of the existence of The Labour Party ?
Eamonn has told us,long time ago,that he did NOT know that printer was there. Pat and P De R did not know,nor did Kathleen Lynch or her husband—so there
Didn’t Hitler talk the same sh*te in his bunker as the Russians rolled in?
T-shark! He won’t even be in the Labour Party as its doubtful it will exist after the next general erection – pun intended as all elections are f&@#-ups by the general populace.
Hey Eamon i know a guy who knows a guy that can sort this out for you..
il give you a job Eamon me and soul goodman are looking for a few corrupt people in power
hi Eamon i know a good man called soul goodman he can get you out if you need out..
3 times now you’ve attempted pretty much the same joke. Just let it go…
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