Argentina
Milei sought to defuse the controversy over Bullrich’s video with a Lali song
The President downplayed the senator’s post amid tensions over changes included in the 2027 Budget for disability. He said politicizing art is a “major stupidity” and said he had listened to songs by the singer that he liked.
Javier Milei tried to lower the tone of the new internal friction with Patricia Bullrich, after the senator posted a video on her social media with the song No me importa by Lali Espósito amid the controversy over modifications included in the 2027 Budget for the disability area.
According to what was reported on the program Puro Show, Marcia Frisciotti asked the President about the post and received this response: “What would be the problem with me listening to Lali? For me, it would not be any problem. In fact, I think politicizing art is a major stupidity. Moreover, after the controversy I listened to some songs and I liked them.” Milei later reposted that content on his X account. Infobae added that official sources confirmed the exchange and ratified the content of the presidential statement.
Bullrich’s video appeared after her criticism of the changes incorporated into the 2027 Budget bill. Different media outlets agree that the senator objected to not having been informed in advance about those modifications and warned that this affected the political relationship within the ruling coalition.
Clarín reported that Bullrich said she did not know about those cuts and that this strained the relationship. C5N also reported that, speaking with journalists at the entrance to Congress, she said: “I don’t want to be treated like a fool” and complained about having found out “by reading the newspapers.” According to Infobae, on Radio Rivadavia she also said the issue had not been discussed at the ruling coalition’s political table and that, when a bloc leader does not know about those changes, he is left exposed before Congress.
In the video released by the senator, she is seen in her office while a Lali Espósito song plays, an artist whom Milei had publicly criticized on other occasions. This time, however, the President chose to distance himself from the debate over the chosen song.
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