Xóchitl Gálvez during a proselytizing event in Mexico City on September 3rd. Marco Ugarte (AP)
In the last few hours, social networks have tirelessly reproduced the political controversy surrounding the house of Xóchitl Gálvez, the target of all attacks since she became the Broad Front for Mexico candidate, revolutionizing a very muted partisan struggle. But the attacks on Gálvez must be measured, because the PAN member returns them like a boomerang and takes advantage of them unexpectedly. The Morenistas, López Obrador’s party, have reported that his house does not have official permission for use and occupancy and have called for its demolition. The candidate immediately launched several far-reaching hashtags calling on her to demolish her house because thousands of Mexicans would open their doors to her. And without thinking twice, that Thursday evening she went to dinner at the humble table of “Doña Marina” and her family, who invited her to follow the promotional thread. Then he posted the photos with everyone. President López Obrador also played the bagpipes on the subject in his Mañanera, recalling that he had suffered massive attacks as a candidate: “They are talking about the destruction of the house that was supposedly built without authorization and that it must be destroyed.” No , do not burn books or use the pillory or marro to destroy anything. “We have to see ourselves as adversaries, not enemies,” he said.
“If they take away my kitchen, I will have someone on every corner giving me a taco.” He even addressed the problem with a consonant rhyme on the social network that shares his political symbol: Gálvez even laughs at his shadow, but between jokes, a candidate who needs him becomes known. To give the kite even more momentum, he directly asked who his election opponent in the Guinda party would likely be: “Claudia Sheinbaum, are you really okay with demolishing my house and that of my neighbors?” This idea came from yours Campaign team. Do you really think that applies to you? […]This is authoritarianism and abuse of power. Follow him and order the demolition even if everything is fine and legal. Thousands of Mexicans have already written to me asking me to open the door of their house,” he said in a tweet.
Sheinbaum responded on the same social network: “I am in favor of building houses and not demolishing them, as I did in Mexico City.” The Moreno candidate also does not miss the opportunity: “I am also in favor of denouncing real estate corruption “, a bomb aimed at the PAN, which has a major political problem due to urban corruption in one of the mayors who govern the capital which fully affects the leaders of this party. As the campaign arrives, everyone implements their strategy. Gálvez is gaining traction and popularity on social media, where she is exploiting her “own, disruptive personality,” which she says has led her to where she is. Before knowing the President’s version of the matter, the Morenistas expressed the class struggle that mobilizes their voters like no other, portraying the PAN member as a businesswoman who maintains shady dealings with the government for her economic benefit, creating a farce has about his humble and indigenous origins and now that his house is illegal. “They are afraid,” replies Gálvez, but the ruling party still has a lead of 40 points in the polls, so it is feeling electoral terror, while the opposition is skeptical about the decisions that the citizens’ movement can still make for the presidential elections. and they do not stop forging ties with the former chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, who emerged loser and disgruntled from the internal competition of the Morenoists.
Image of the facade of Xóchitl Gálvez’s house distributed on social networks.
The advantage of the right-wing candidate is that she has no party affiliation, although she is a senator on the PAN bench, and she declares herself “colorblind” in terms of the colors of political parties, although in her candidacy the PRI flags blow -campaign actions. Both parties are heavily punished by political corruption, and knowing this, Gálvez from time to time shows clear distance from the groups that support his candidacy. He relies on social networks that make him feel carefree. His colleague in the Senate, Lilly Téllez, who refused to present a letter of credentials to compete with Gálvez for the right-wing candidacy and retreated to her winter quarters, released a video in which she also invited him to her home to eat broth to recover. of the effort he puts in these days. Téllez places herself politically in the corner of the extreme right, a faction with which the candidate does not share much and to which she has sent some somewhat mocking messages. But now Téllez opens his house to her and she thanks him very much: “I saw that you are great not only with chocolate cake, but also with tortilla soup.”
The candidate knows that she needs support from the center to the far right to stop the momentum that President López Obrador’s party is still showing in the polls and that would receive 66% of the actual votes, compared to 26% for the Frente Amplio According to a recent poll, Mexican citizens went to the polls today. In addition, an unexpected breakout occurred on the right side. The actor and founder of Viva México, Eduardo Verástegui, has registered as a candidate for the 2024 presidential elections. The division of forces is the great enemy of every party, especially in the Frente Amplio por México, where three formations had to join forces. They even put a little pressure on Morena and still fear that the civil movement that refuses to join them will join them could steal the valuable constituency they need.
At the moment, Gálvez is not only in a skid that will knock her out of the race, which some had thought was likely. The PAN candidate’s somewhat bizarre and talkative behavior is usually viewed as a potential danger. As the saying goes, those who talk a lot make a lot of mistakes, and there are many who believe that this exposure in the media and networks will ultimately play a trick on them. The candidate stands between humor and truth, even though her image is not at the top politically. The last survey commissioned by this newspaper showed what a bad or very bad opinion many citizens still have of her. 32% said this and it was the highest percentage, then the lowest rating. The right-wing extremist Verástegui scored better than her with 29%. And so, in descending order, the best rated are Samuel García (21%), Marcelo Ebrard (16%) and Sheinbaum (10%). Not everything is played on social networks.
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