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“I’ll wait for you at the Patria” and “Don’t get nervous”: Javier Milei and Cristina Kirchner’s clash escalates - Infobae​


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September 06, 2024


The president said that the former president surrounded herself with “numerical illiterates who destroyed the country with their shamanism,” and the Peronist leader's response was not long in coming. The tense back and forth on social media

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The back and forth between Cristina Kirchner and Javier Milei on social media

The extensive letter published by Cristina Kirchner this morning, with harsh criticism of the economic policy of the libertarian government, was the starting point of a virtual exchange with President Javier Milei , which included insults, accusations of plagiarism and public challenges .


With the title “ It’s the bimonetary economy, stupid, ” the former president and former vice president of the administration headed by Alberto Fernández pointed out the problem of the shortage of dollars, questioned the failures of the anarcho-capitalist theories applied in Argentina and the contradictions of the libertarian discourse. “The tragedy is undeniable, everything is very bad,” she said.


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Cristina Kirchner's first publication is a document with criticism of Javier Milei's economic policy

Milei, for her part, responded with a brief and ironic post on X : “I know that you don’t understand much about economics, demonstrated by the fact that you surrounded yourself with anumerical illiterates who destroyed the country with their economic shamanism . But if you want to learn a little, turn on the TV today at 7pm and I’ll be giving you a private class ad honorem.”

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In the first response, Javier Milei invited Fernández de Kirchner to listen to one of his classes
The crossfire between the two continued with a new response from Cristina Kirchner, after midday, where she accused the President of “plagiarizing” the books he wrote . “Talking about economics by saying anything on television sets or writing plagiarized books is one thing. Governing Argentina is quite another,” she said.


And she concluded: “And about this, given the way Argentines are living, it is clear as day that you have no idea. Whenever you want, because you have time and you spend it messing around on social media, I will wait for you at the Patria and I will explain a little bit to you .” Finally, the former president closed the message with irony: “Warm greetings to you and to all the forces of heaven. My God.”

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Cristina Kirchner did not remain silent and also responded to Milei

Milei then responded with a new response. “Don’t be so nervous, you’ll like my class,” she said at the beginning of a new post on social media. Then, she added: “In turn, you should review the intellectual property issues and show us your law degree. Regarding governing, if the model is yours, I came to rescue the country, not to sink it. Ciao.”

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Javier Milei's last tweet

“Oh, Mr. President! You see that I am right! You only continue to confirm what I said: you spend your time fooling around on social media. Get off Twitter and start managing the State, because Argentines are having a very, very bad time. THE END,” the former president concluded.


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Cristina Kirchner's last message

Hours later, presidential spokesman Manuel Aadorni shared a photo with Milei and the Minister of Defense, Luis Petri, and said: “Dear Cristina: I am with President Javier Milei on the plane to Mendoza. He cannot respond to you because you have blocked him. He asks me to tell you that you fell into the “false lead” fallacy by not having yet shown your degree. Greetings.”


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It is worth remembering that in the document published by Fernández de Kirchner this morning , she provided an analysis of the reality of Argentina and strongly questioned the policies implemented by the national government.

The text begins with a quote from John Adams , former President of the United States: “ There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is the sword, the other is debt .” From that concept, he pointed out the lack of dollars as the main problem affecting the country's economy and highlighted the contradictions between the promises that Milei made during the electoral campaign and the measures that he finally implemented: “ Once again and as always, reality prevails over extravagant theories, incendiary speeches and marketing phrases .”

In this sense, he pointed out against the libertarian leader: “ Milei , the ultra-libertarian who in his campaign promised to eliminate the intervention and control of the State over the lives of Argentines, today, in government, not only intervenes and controls, but also decides three of the four fundamental prices of the economy.” And he listed them:

“1) The price of the dollar, through the crawling-peg table of 2% per month. 2) The price of money, by setting an ultra-negative reference interest rate. 3) The price of work, by setting a ceiling for wage agreements. 4) Only the fourth price of the economy has been freed; that of goods and services, although with certain limitations: electricity, gas and transportation rates still have meager subsidies in some segments of users, and the State still does not have reliable data on the real costs of these sectors,” he said.

Along these lines, Cristina Kirchner referred to an “undeniable tragedy.” And in the framework of her analysis, she added: “If we add to this way of managing the four prices of the economy Milei’s fiscal adjustment – which is inconsistent and unsustainable because it is achieved through non-payment of debts due to the central administration and the withdrawal of the State from the functions essential for the very survival of the country as a Nation – a lethal combination is produced .”
 
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