Boris Becker responds to 'clearly racist' AfD tweet
Boris Becker has said an Alternative for Germany (AfD) MP accused of posting a "clearly racist" tweet about his son must now face "consequences". The German tennis champion said that an attempt by Jens Maier to distance himself from the post was a "trick". It comes after a tweet posted on the far-right politician's account referred to Noah Becker as "little half-negro". Noah Becker has an African-American grandfather on his mother's side. Mr Maier denies writing the tweet. The post has since been deleted from the Twitter account linked to Mr Maier, who has blamed one of his staff members. In a column written for the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Mr Becker said the denial by Mr Maier was a common response from members of Germany's AfD party. "That's what the AfD always does; it's their trick: put something out there in the world and then distance yourself from it," he wrote. He also prai