This post was originally published on Politico.
France united behind Kylian Mbappé on Monday after Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla aimed a volley of abuse at the French striker.
Amarilla, a senator with the centrist Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), published the posts a day after Paraguay’s elimination to France in a tense round-of-16 World Cup match. She referred to Mbappé as a “brute,” mocked his intelligence and questioned his French identity, describing him as a “colonized Cameroonian pretending to be French.”
French Sports Minister Marina Ferrari called the remarks “abhorrent” and “all the more unacceptable” because they came from an elected official. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire said
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