The press conference that Pedro Sánchez held last Monday put an end to five days of uncertainty in the Spanish political landscape. After Manos Limpas denounced his wife, Begoña Gómez, for possible influence peddling, the president of the government sent a letter to the citizens. In it, there were a few days of reflection on whether it was “worth it” to continue in office in the face of accusations from different areas.
A concatenation of events that launched the information machinery in many television programs. One of them, known for its current events and political analysis, is El Hormiguero. Pablo Motos’ space extensively covered what happened in Moncloa and generated controversy on social networks, in particular due to Rubén Amón’s many statements against the socialist politician.
“You have intimidated everyone you can and, from that position, you take on the ability to say ‘how sensitive I am to people messing with me or my wife.’ But we do know how far their harassment maneuvers have gone… To believe the martyr’s speech. I don’t know how long we’re going to last; He hasn’t threatened me. They are going to arrest you and, therefore, the gang… They are going to decapitate the ants! It is a reflection of what he intends to do with the press,” he declared.
One of the points that generated the most discourse was a complaint about Sánchez’s possibility of “supervising” gatherings like his, which Pablo Motos followed with a comment that went viral: “Here he doesn’t come.” His words filled headlines in a few hours, suggesting that he would not invite the executive leader again. A fact that he denied and explained this Thursday, in the gathering with Cristina Pardo, Tamara Falcó, Núria Roca and Juan del Val.
Motos has explained that what he did not want him to do was censor his talk, ensuring that the words and headlines had been taken out of context. A situation that arises in response to what the presenter and the collaborators consider to be hoaxes by the media, and which have also been attributed to Sánchez. The one from Requena, however, assures that he has no problem inviting the president to his program.
In networks, platforms like X (Twitter) were quickly filled with criticism last Monday. “Pablo Motos has just compared democracy to WiFi. I have no words to describe the level of stupidity you have to have to swallow this garbage,” commented one user. “The El Hormiguero gathering is amazing. All disqualifications against Pedro Sánchez, four out of four commentators putting it fine. Not even a single one in the least in favor of the President of the Government,” said another.
