The conflict began when Adorni shared on his X account a fragment of a recent interview by Fernández in Radio With Youin which the former president referred to the businessman Paolo RoccaCEO of the group Techint. The official accompanied the video with question marks, suggesting an alleged defense of the businessman by the former head of state.
The publication prompted a harsh response from Fernández, who aimed directly at Adorni with a message full of irony: “I understand Pavorni’s (sic) effort to stick hair where it doesn’t grow. What amazes me is his effort to cut what I say and fit it into his story,” he wrote.
In his post, the former president sought to distance himself from a personal defense of Rocca and clarified his position: “I clearly side with Techint. Which does not mean that I agree with everything that is Techint’s policy. What I said, and I reiterate, is that I do not defend Rocca. I defend the national industry and Argentine work.”
Furthermore, he took the opportunity to harshly question the current economic management: “In a country where the Minister of Economy buys his clothes abroad, where thirty companies close a day, where unemployment and inflation grow and that is why they decided to hide reality, I see that in that government everyone goes crazy when they see 3%,” he launched.
In his response, Adorni took the word “hit” used by Fernández and linked it directly to the complaints of gender violence made by the former first lady. Fabiola Yanezto build a replica with a strong personal charge.
“Sir: in your case, using the verb ‘hit’ may not have been the best choice,” the spokesperson wrote, marking that axis in his public response.
Then, he added criticism for the management of the pandemic: “I had to postpone my first hair intervention because you decided to lock Argentines indefinitely back in 2020.”
The closing was even more forceful: “His government will be remembered as the worst in history, so perhaps it is not very wise to continue limiting nonsense in X. May God have mercy on his soul. Greetings. The end.”
The exchange also added an extra chapter when Fernández rescued an old tweet from Adorni from March 19, 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic. In that message, the current presidential spokesperson warned: “In the world, on January 19 there were 100 cases of coronavirus. On February 19 there were already 76 thousand. Today, March 19, the cases reach 242 thousand. Let’s all comply with the quarantine. For us and everyone else.”
From that publication, the former president launched a message full of irony: “Was this tweet before or after you couldn’t go get your hair done? Look for an ‘honest problem’, Pappo would say. Take care of the 3%… I’m talking about inflation,” he wrote, also renaming his adversary as “Pavorni.”
With that closure, Fernández sought to contrast the position that Adorni had during the pandemic with his current alignment with the government of Javier Milei and move the discussion to the economic field, amid the impact of inflation on purchasing power. The crossing once again exposed not only old positions, but also the tensions that continue to run through the public debate between the recent past and the libertarian present.
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