Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg apologizes for saying politicians should be put 'against the wall.' The expression in Swedish describes a situation when someone is forced to address difficult questions.
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg attends a climate march, in Turin, Italy, Friday. Dec. 13, 2019. Thunberg was named this week Time's Person of the Year, despite becoming the figurehead of a global youth movement pressing governments for faster action on climate change. in Turin, Italy, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.
MADRID — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologized for saying politicians should be put “against the wall” after critics took it to mean that she was advocating violence. Thunberg later said she was making a literal translation from Swedish, in which the expression means to put someone on the spot with tough questions.
Thunberg told the crowd in Turin that world leaders were running away from their responsibilities to fight climate change.
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