Could The Toronto Raptors Play In Kansas City Next Year? The Mayor Wants It
Could the Raptors play from somewhere other than Toronto next season?
It’s not impossible, considering ongoing restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border. While the NBA is working to sort out how the next season of professional basketball will be played, a certain U.S. mayor is already putting in a bid for the Raptors to come to his city.
It might mean changing the slogan from “we the north,” however, to “we the midwest” when the new season kicks off in late December.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas made a bilingual plea on Twitter Tuesday for the Raptors to make the move to Missouri, suggesting the team would feel right at home in the cold there.
Good morning, Kansas City! It’s currently 13 degrees colder here than in Toronto (7 degrees Celsius). #WeTheNorth
Bonjour, KansasCity! Il fair actuallement 13 degrés de moins ici qu'à Toronto (7 degrés Celsius). pic.twitter.com/MDHvaOsADJ— Mayor Q (@QuintonLucasKC) October 27, 2020
“Good morning, Kansas City! It’s currently 13 degrees colder here than in Toronto (7 degrees Celsius). #WeTheNorth,” Lucas wrote in English and French.
Though Canadians in the replies were quick to make a few corrections, including to Lucas’s well-intentioned, if not entirely accurate, French.
Appreciate the multilingual tweet! Nice to see in America.
One correction: "Il fait" is the conjugation for the verb faire/telling the weather— A Burning Book 🕯️ (@AmongTheFray) October 27, 2020
And of the time-honoured Canadian political tradition of sending separate Tweets in both English and French.
For future reference: Canadian politicians tend to post separate tweets when reaching their English and French constituents. #WeTheNorth
— Kyle Hill (@KyleHill_MO) October 27, 2020
Pour référence future: les politiciens canadiens ont tendance à publier des tweets séparés lorsqu'ils atteignent leurs électeurs francophones et anglophones. #WeTheNorth#NousLeNord
— Kyle Hill (@KyleHill_MO) October 27, 2020
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