Support for Italy's Giorgia Meloni leads Nebraska punter to delete tweet, offer apology

Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Amy Kellogg reports from Milan, Italy on their recent election of the first female Prime Minister in the nation's history this week on 'Special Report.'

A Nebraska punter was forced to issue an apology on Tuesday after expressing favorable support for newly elected Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni.

Brian Buschini, a sophomore from Montana, tweeted something about Meloni without "knowing the background" of the politician. He said a headline he read made it seem she was in support of family values.

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Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni reacts at the party's election night headquarters in Rome Sept. 26, 2022. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)

"I want to take the time to apologize for a tweet I posted yesterday," his statement read. "I saw a headline from a speech the new Prime Minister of Italy made that seemed to support Christianity and family values. I unfortunately tweeted about this without knowing the background or history of this politician or the movement she is involved with. In no way do I support facism (sic) or racism in any form. I apologize for posting without understanding the reality of what I was posting about."

Buschini deleted the original tweet. It was not exactly clear what he tweeted.

Meloni, a member of the Brothers of Italy party, had one of her speeches from 2019 go viral ahead of her win in the weekend’s election, OutKick noted.

Punter Brian Buschini, #95 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, kicks against the Georgia Southern Eagles at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 10, 2022 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)

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