"Oh, you Brifín": social media is buzzing with Feijóo's latest blunder

BarcelonaThis isn't the first time an Alberto Núñez Feijóo speech has gone viral on social media due to a slip of the tongue. The pattern is long. Legal concepts, proper names, and historical facts are frequently mixed up in a cocktail of gaffes that delight social media users. The latest instance occurred this Wednesday, in the final stretch of the election campaign in Aragon. The PP leader visited the Fribin company in Binéfar (Huesca) on Wednesday, which he mistakenly referred to as Brifín eight times.

The senseless slip-up involved the company name, since the "bin" in Fribin refers to Binéfar, a town in the La Litera region of Huesca, home to the meat industry. The blunder, made even more glaring by the large sign behind the politician displaying the correct company name, has flooded social media with memes and puns. These range from "Ai guan tu Bifrín," featuring Feijóo in a wig vacuuming, to "Melanie Brifin," superimposing the politician's face onto that of the iconic actress, and even "Peter Brifin," a reference to the popular American sitcom Family Guy.

The first to seize on the blunder was Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who, at the closing campaign rally with Socialist candidate Pilar Alegría, mocked Feijóo for this episode and for those who had preceded him. "Imagine, there were the workers, the campaign team, sitting there. And him, saying, instead of Fribin, 'Brifín'! People were rolling with laughter. He wasn't president because he didn't want to be, and he won't make any more blunders because he can't," he quipped.

This isn't Feijóo's first mistake in Aragon this campaign. Last Sunday, during a rally in Calatayud (Zaragoza), instead of highlighting the strength of "solid democracy," the Popular Party leader... He ended up describing Spain as a "solid dictatorship".And although he quickly tried to backtrack, the phrase had already spread, reinforcing the image of a candidate who gets lost in his own speeches. However, social media has been abuzz with confusion over the name of the meat company.

The two gaffes in Aragon add to a series of blunders by the conservative leader. Just a couple of months ago, during a speech in Congress, Feijóo stumbled when trying to compare the situation of the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, with the series Anatomy of a Moment"Anatop," he declared. Since entering state politics, Feijóo has also dubbed Bruce Springsteen "Bruce Sprinter" and referred to judges as "fascists in robes." Nor has he forgotten his infamous mix-up with the title of George Orwell's novel. 1984 with the year he wrote it, or his geographical escapades across the Peninsula. Episodes reminiscent of the popular style of his predecessor, former Spanish president and former PP leader Mariano Rajoy.