The confrontation on social networks between the libertarian representative Lilia Lemoine and the former Peronist legislator Jorge Yoma It erupted from a very specific legislative debate: the treatment of the 2026 Budget and the discussion on the Rioja quasi-currency known as “chachos”. The crossover began in X (former Twitter), when Lemoine severely questioned deputies linked to Peronism in La Rioja for their role in the Budget commission. In his message, he pointed to the governor’s management Ricardo Quintela and launched: “No Kuka deputy, and even less so from La Rioja, would have to show his face for the Budget commission. Let’s remember that Quintela printed chachos to pay for public spending!”
Yoma’s response did not take long to appear and immediately tense the atmosphere. In a tone that mixed political reproach with personal disqualifications, the former Rioja senator wrote: “Hey, little girl! Don’t mess with La Rioja, which is too steep for your political and intellectual stature. Maintain your role in life, which is to dust the lunatic’s chin. Greetings.” His words, full of irony and grievances, marked the beginning of a chain of attacks that would escalate in aggressiveness.
Far from backing down, Lemoine responded with new political and personal darts, recalling Yoma’s career within Peronism and linking it to internal disputes within the PJ. “You didn’t win the presidency of the Justicialista Party from Cristina even though she was convicted,” he launched, and then spoke of an alleged frustrated candidacy request: “It seems that in 2023 she was running for a candidacy with Javo and, since they didn’t give it to her, now she hits us!” He also suggested that Yoma had received “three salaries from the State simultaneously,” an accusation that, if true, he considered criminal.
The former legislator returned to the fray and redoubled the provocation in another message that summarized the aggressive tone of the exchange: “Hahaaaa! Stay in the mud, chinita! Don’t try to go up to debate with me, you’re going to get ‘punished’. And don’t end up muddy and naked, when the ‘flatulent cloud’ where you live dissipates.” These phrases, widely replicated on networks and portals, reflected a confrontation initially generated by an economic discussion but that quickly led to an exchange of insults.
The political context of the confrontation was not minor. Congress had given half a sanction to the 2026 Budget after eliminating one of its most controversial chapters, while the debate moved to the Senate and the Government sought to maintain the fiscal balance promoted by Javier Milei. In this climate, the discussion about the Rioja “chachos”—a quasi-currency created by the province to meet its expenses—became a point of friction that Lemoine used to criticize the provincial management and that Yoma interpreted as an attack on its territory.
As the hours passed, the exchange continued with new disqualifications and crossed accusations, showing how the political and economic debate transformed into a personal duel between two figures of media importance. The episode stopped being just a controversy on networks to become another symptom of the polarized climate in Argentine politics, where the treatment of a key law can trigger verbal clashes loaded with both ideology and personal attacks.
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