In his television editorials, Ángel “Baby” Etchecopar surprised by talking about Dante Gebel, a pastor and powerful media figure, as a possible protagonist of the political scene in the face of the 2027 presidential elections. The host maintained that in Argentina “a very big change” is taking place that forces us to look outside of traditional politics and mentioned Gebel as one of the names that best embodies this phenomenon. “I think Dante Gebel went ahead, far away. Which I would love because I know him, because he is an intelligent guy,” he said.
To reinforce his argument, Etchecopar highlighted the massive impact of the pastor on networks and stages. “No one gets to where he got by having 20 million views for being an idiot,” he launched, while adding personal references and stories from his surroundings to underline the level of popular support that Gebel generates, even among people far from politics.
But the support was not limited to an individual demand. In his intervention, Baby outlined a broader political reading and associated the figure of Gebel with an alternative outside the system, in contrast to leaders and operators of the establishment. In this framework, he indirectly linked Santiago Caputo with traditional politics and placed him in the role of opposition in formation, in the midst of internal disputes over leadership and the establishment of power.
The intervention was read as a deliberate blunder: by positioning Gebel as an outsider with electoral projection, Etchecopar suggested that figures like Caputo would remain on the side of a political scheme that no longer manages to excite broad sectors of the electorate. The comparison became even more significant in the context of tensions and rearrangements within the ruling party and its environment.
Although Dante Gebel did not announce any formal candidacy, Baby Etchecopar’s statements installed him squarely in the public conversation about 2027. With his frontal style, the host not only endorsed his eventual political projection, but also exposed a symbolic dispute between new media leaderships and the traditional owners of power.
In that sense, Etchecopar’s support functioned less as an isolated opinion and more as a political gesture loaded with intention: support Gebel, mark differences with the system and place Santiago Caputo on the sidelines of an opposition that is beginning to take shape, even before the electoral scenario is defined.
