Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker responded to widespread ridicule directed at her when she misspelled the name of her hometown Eagles during a speech Sunday.
During a chant celebrating the team’s playoff run, the Democratic mayor attempted to do the fan base’s signature chant of spelling out the team’s name. However, he spelled it “ELGSES”.
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Mayor Cherelle Parker rings the ceremonial bell before action between the 76ers and the Houston Rockets at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on January 15, 2024. (Bill Streicher-USA Today Sports)
Parker addressed this error during a press conference on Tuesday.
“We don’t promise perfection, I’m very happy we never did it,” Parker told reporters. “Especially after I couldn’t spell Eagles correctly.”
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Mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker participates in a Democratic primary debate at the WPVI-TV studio in Philadelphia on April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The journalists present laughed in response.
The Democrat’s misspelling has already been turned into a T-shirt by independent Philadelphia sportswear company “Philly Goat.”
Mayor Cherelle Parker during an event at Independence Hall on July 4, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
Parker is in her first term as the city’s mayor after winning the mayoral election in 2023, becoming the first female mayor in the city’s history when she defeated Republican Joe Rockey.
Parker served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015, and then on the Philadelphia City Council from 2015 to 2022.
The Eagles will face the rival Washington Commanders in Philadelphia on Sunday in the NFC championship game for the right to advance to the Super Bowl.
