While his government offered the usual, normalizing greetings to the newly elected U.S. “President “ — Prime Minister Enda Kenny offering his "sincerest congratulations" — Senator Aodhán O'Riordáin wouldn’t let it pass.
“Edmund Burke once said that the only way evil can prosper is for good men to do nothing. America has just elected a fascist,” Ó Riordáin said on Nov. 10. “And the best thing that good people in Ireland can do is to ring him up and ask him if it’s OK to still bring the shamrock on St. Patrick’s Day.”
Further:
“I’m embarrassed by the reaction of the Irish government to what’s happened in America,” he added.
His full statement is extraordinary.
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