Javier Milei, a far-right candidate, has been popular among voters in Argentina, but fans of the pop megastar are taking action to stop him.
Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, has stayed ahead in Argentina’s presidential campaign on the wings of the youth vote.
“Milei=Trump,” said one post from a group called Swifties Against Freedom Advances, which is the name of Milei’s party. The statement also took aim at Milei’s comments that criticised feminism, claimed a pay gap between men and women does not exist and referred to the atrocities committed by Argentina’s military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 as simply “excesses.”Milei, in response, has shrugged off the Swifties. “I’m not the far right,” he told a radio station. “They can express what they want.” His campaign declined to comment.
Last week, the fury of that army was unleashed upon Villarruel after a series of her tweets denigrating the K-pop group resurfaced. In 2020, she likened the name BTS to a sexually transmitted disease. She also mocked the dyed pink and green hair of some members. K-pop group BTS. Milei’s running mate Victoria Villarruel likened the band’s name in 2020 to a sexually transmitted disease.Many young voters said they see Milei, who has taken to wearing leather jackets and wielding a chain saw at his campaign events, as the “cool” outsider candidate who has also become a sort of online meme.
And Swift’s comments in a 2020 documentary, in which she said she had decided to publicly oppose former US president Donald Trump despite the risk to her career, have been circulating widely in Argentina in recent weeks.BTS fans are their own political force, having most likely helped suppress turnout at a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2020 by reserving seats and not showing up.
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