ROME (AP) — She’s the U.S. Open champion. The highest paid female athlete in the world. And a frustrated Floridian.
American tennis player Coco Gauff has never been afraid to use her voice.
Not when she delivered an impromptu speech at a Black Lives Matter rally at the age of 16. And not now at age 20 when she’s preparing to vote for the first time in a U.S. presidential election later this year.
Gauff, who will be among the favorites when the French Open starts on Sunday in Paris, addressed the current political climate in her home state during a recent interview with The Associated Press.
She noted that it’s “a crazy time to be a Floridian, especially a Black one at that.”
“We aren’t happy with the current state of our government in Florida, especially everything with the books and just the way our office operates,” Gauff said, referring to a two-year-long controversy over banning books from the state’s schools that started with a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
A munitions explosion at a Cambodian army base kills 20 soldiers, but its cause is unclearGeorge Kirby strikes out a careerBlues and Reds play out a Super Rugby thriller as similarities stand outWuhan notches season's first home win in Chinese Super League'Hideous' newbuild house with a 'kitchen floor' outside is slammed for crucial design flawSo who is that star of the Fallout Amazon drama braving a postAfter officer warns campaigner for being 'openly Jewish'... Met Police are so cowed by the antiTeixeira scores late as Shanghai derby ends all squareALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Prohibition of fun? It will never be a winner, RishiBellingham and Mendy to miss Real Sociedad clash
3.4114s , 6605.4296875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by US Open champ Coco Gauff urges young Americans to vote ,Worldly Wonders news portal