The clash between the PP and Vox community managers: "Mafia, useless, fucking scoundrel"
Both parties are exchanging accusations as the Aragon election campaign draws to a close
BarcelonaIt all began with statements made by Santiago Abascal this Thursday, in which, speaking from Aragon, he attacked the People's Party (PP). The Vox leader accused the PP of waging a "dirty war" against his party and labeled the PP's project a "political fraud." The far-right leader's words angered the community manager The Popular Party responded from the party's official account, X, with a simple "enough." From there, the two parties became embroiled in a heated exchange of accusations, framed within the electoral battle in Aragon, with Sunday's elections—where they will likely be forced to form another coalition—serving as the pretext. To begin, the PP recalled how Ana Pilar González del Cacho, chief of staff for Vox's candidate in Aragon, Alejandro Nolasco, called Abascal a "fucking brute" when he decided to break with all PP-led regional governments. "It's not Genoa (the PP's headquarters) calling the national president of Vox useless or a fucking brute. Those criticizing Santiago Abascal are people within his own party, some of whom he still employs," the PP wrote in its tweet. It continued: "He shouldn't focus his insecurities or his party's shortcomings on the PP. He should fire those who insult him or keep quiet." The Popular Party ended up demanding that Vox not "blame" the PP for its "internal squabbles": "Enough is enough."
Vox responded with a tweet, also on X, accusing the People's Party (PP) of "managing the policies of the Socialist Party (PSOE)" and engaging in "dirty tricks." In fact, they attributed Feijóo's rise to the PP leadership to a "dirty war," referring to the battle between Pablo Casado and Isabel Díaz Ayuso. "If he hasn't gotten rid of the Kitchen mafia. If he has as many corruption cases in the courts as the PSOE," they added. They escalated their rhetoric further: "If they vote together in Europe for invasion, green fanaticism, and gender ideology garbage, then all this will end." The far-right party concluded by inviting the PP to form a coalition with the PSOE: "It's what their guts and their cushy jobs demand. Because you're the same."
The PP's response was to compare Vox to the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, criticizing the far-right party for "opposing the PP." They added that PP members don't call Feijóo a "fucking brute," as Nolasco's chief of staff did when addressing Abascal.
The spat ended with Vox posting a cover image of an interview with Feijóo during the 2023 general election campaign, in which he urged the PSOE to prevent the PP from forming a coalition with Vox if it had a chance of governing. "Keep hoping to swindle all Spaniards," Vox wrote.