Greens lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt apologized for the post made after Germany’s 2-0 win against Hungary. It comes after a survey showed 21% of Germans would like to see more white players on the national team.
German lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt on Thursday deleted a social media post commenting on the skin color of German football players after it was met with backlash.
She apologized for the post made after Germany’s 2-0 victory over Hungary in their second Euro 2024 stage match on Wednesday.
Göring-Eckhardt is a member of the Greens and vice president of the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament.
“This team is truly exceptional. Just imagine if there were only white German players,” the German lawmaker reportedly said in the now-deleted post on platform X, formerly Twitter.
Well, first of all the statement could be interpreted either way (either meaning a fully-white team would be better or worse).
But no, it was not backlash from some bigots. It was the “anti-bigots” that think you’re a bigot for mearly mentioning skincolour.