In the 1970s, there was a billboard along the Schuylkill Expressway (the local name for the I-76 highway) that said, “Philadelphia Isn’t as Bad as Philadelphians Say It Is.” It was supposed to be a playful advertising campaign to encourage people to visit the city. Decades later, it has been regularly mocked as an example of the city’s reputation for incompetence. Last weekend, the city’s Democratic mayor, Cherelle Parker, made a glaring gaffe that might be considered just how bad Philadelphia is, a half-century later in 2025.
During a press conference Sunday, before inclement weather blanketed the area, Parker spoke outside Philadelphia’s City Hall about the forecasted snow and freezing temperatures. Given the anticipated conditions, city officials warned residents to travel only if necessary. Parker then playfully categorized the Philadelphia Eagles‘s playoff game that day as “essential travel.”
“Let me be 1,001% clear: traveling to the Eagles game today is essential travel,” Parker said. “If you are driving, just go slow, but get there. If you are catching SEPTA and mass transit, just get on mass transit and get there. But making it to our Philadelphia Eagles game on [sic] today is essential.”
“Well, listen, we’ve got to do this. Let me hear you all say, ‘E-L-G-S-E-S, Eagles!’ Let’s go Birds,” Philadelphia’s mayor chanted.
Obviously, the cheer is supposed to go: E-A-G-L-E-S, Eagles! However, Parker shockingly butchered it. Perhaps even more surprisingly, she didn’t catch herself or correct it.
The dumbasses will riot and burn, win or lose. The city of brotherly love, my ass
Showers how dumb she is. Democrats
Another brilliant democrat! Par for the course.