Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker responded to widespread taunts directed at her when she misspelled the name of the hometown Eagles during a speech Sunday.
During a chant to celebrate the team’s playoff run, the Democratic mayor attempted to create the fan base’s signature chant of spelling the team’s name. But she spelled it “ELGSES.”
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Mayor Cherelle Parker rings the ceremonial bell before action between the 76ers and Houston Rockets at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Jan. 15, 2024. (Bill Streicher-USA Today Sports)
Parker addressed this error during a press conference on Tuesday.
“We don’t promise perfection, I’m so glad I never did,” Parker told reporters. “Especially after I couldn’t spell Eagles right.”
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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 the 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 2023 mayoral election and 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 2005-15, and then on the Philadelphia City Council from 2015-22.
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.
