How are you wrong? The left is jumping on the bandwagon of the Italian women’s volleyball team, which won an extraordinary gold medal at the Paris Olympics by beating the United States 3-0, and is using its iconic player, Paola Egonu, to attack the center-right government. “We were thrilled, glued to our cell phones to follow the Italy-USA women’s volleyball final in Paris. I know I am doing an injustice to the other athletes and to him, the magical Julio Velasco, a master of life and sport, but thinking of our patriots I am happy to publish the photo of Paola Egonu. Pride of Italy”, writes Sandro Ruotolo, MEP of the Democratic Party, on social media. In short, the Italian volleyball player, born in Italy to Nigerian parents, is being used as a political “club”.
Echoing the journalist, who has long been alongside Michele Santoro in his broadcasts, is the secretary of Più Europa, Riccardo Magi. “The Paris Olympic Games could not have ended better. The historic gold medal of the women’s national volleyball team is a victory for a team that has brought Italy to the top of the world. But the most beautiful smash of this national team is to the racism of those who believe, in 2024, that Italianness means having white skin. Here is the most beautiful medal, it is that of integration that wins and silences them, hopefully forever”, he writes on X.
The exultant tweet of the green Angelo Bonelli could not be missed: “A great Italy wins gold in women’s volleyball. It is extraordinary to see Bosetti, Sylla, Egonu, De Gennaro, Orro, Antropova get emotional singing the national anthem. It is the multi-ethnic Italy that wins from Furlani, Ceccon, Battocletti, Bellandi, D’Amato, Martinenghi. This is the Italy we want, that wins and embraces each other with respect for everything and everyone. Forza Italia”, he wrote on social media.
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As proof of the instrumental nature of certain positions, the following come to mind: pictures from last Aprilwhen at Palazzo Chigi, the venue of the meeting between Giorgia Meloni and the players representing various Italian volleyball clubs. Well, Egonu herself, along with other athletes, also exchanged a few rallies with the Prime Minister herself, amidst smiles and jokes.
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2024-08-12 17:20:39