In recent months, they have gone viral videos and social media posts where you can see Maximo Kirchner in acts or speeches with attitudes and gestures that some users interpreted as unusual or striking. Strange movements and curious gesticulations of the referent of The Campora They were widely circulated on platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.
In the treatment of the labor reform law, promoted by the national government and discussed in the Lower House last week, the Peronist leader was seen with a continuous movement of his shoulders and small jumps, in his seat, in the middle of the debate. In his turn, the Unión por la Patria deputy charged against the project presented by the administration of Javier Milei continually moving in his seat in the venue.
“They want us to believe that removing rights generates employment, but in Argentina every time progress was made on the workers’ achievements, the only thing that grew was inequality,” he expressed. Along these lines, he maintained that the initiative “does not seek to modernize, but rather to go back decades in terms of labor protection” and stated: “This law is not for the small businessman or for the entrepreneur; it is for the large economic groups that want workers with less ability to make claims.”
Towards the closing of his presentation with repeated movements in his seat, the deputy referred to the impact on union organizations and the social climate that surrounded the debate. “When the right to strike is limited or conditions are imposed that make protest almost impossible, what is being done is disciplining the labor movement.” And he concluded: “We are not just discussing a technical standard; we are discussing what model of country we want, one where work is a right or one where it is an adjustment variable.”
On social platforms, particularly in Instagram reels and stories, there are precedents of different recordings where Kirchner appears trying to give a speech in a basic unit, with gestures considered clumsy or with amplified gesticulations, which generated comments, ridicule and theories about his physical state and stage presence. These pieces quickly went viral and brought the leader’s name to trends on networks, with thousands of views and user reactions.
Different social media portals shared material that suggested a “different physical appearance” or “obvious fatigue” of the leader in public appearances. The interpretations that circulate on networks are located in the field of what viral and speculativebut none of the estimates given by users have been confirmed.
The debate on networks about body language or gestures has motivated comments in digital spheres, where political opinions, humor and criticism are mixed, often proposed by activists sympathetic to the libertarian movement. In summary, although they have circulated videos and memes on social networks pointing out striking moments of the Buenos Aires legislator in public events, There is no consolidated journalistic narrative about the reason for these events.
