Franco Rinaldi renounced his candidacy for legislator in Together for Change

Franco Rinaldi renounced his candidacy as a Buenos Aires legislator in Together for Change after videos of him with xenophobic and discriminatory statements went viral, within the framework of a streaming, which he made on social networks. In an extensive letter published on his personal Twitter, the member of Together for Change clarified that his decision was made to “not harm Jorge Macri and the entire team that trusted me.” The influencer, with a strong presence on social networks, argued in the first instance that it had been a humorous performance. However, within Together for Change a great division was generated, between those who supported it and those who repudiated it, part of the sector of Martín Lousteau or the Civic Coalition.The video disseminated included a compliment of several discriminatory comments, homophobic, classist and even xenophobic and tried to justify as “humorous”. Later, a final video with expressions of anti-Semitic tone was disseminated.” We’ve known for 20 years that your tail boils, boludo”, in reference to a TV host, and in another fragment he added: “Either we kill the morochos or let them do what they want … Flamethrower… No, I don’t do anything with Villa 31. What are you going to do?”” It seems to me that I have even seen a note in the newspaper Synagogue 12 about it, as G.P. Kelly said that Page 12 was called Synagogue 12, “he commented on a newspaper article. “Make homeland, kill a Jew,” he said of the slogan. Faced with this scandal, Claudio Romero, president of the PRO in the City of Buenos Aires said that “there are limits that cannot be crossed.” He added: “Certainly the anti-Semitic, xenophobic and homophobic sayings of @FrancoVRinaldi do not represent the values of the @ProCiudadBsAs. No member of the PRO thinks like that.” The full menu“Well, this got too complicated and I want to save my family suffering, and I don’t want to be a hindrance to anyone, much less Jorge Macri, who I have no doubt will be an extraordinary head of government of the City. In order not to harm him and the entire team that trusted me, I want to tell you that I renounce my candidacy for deputy of Buenos Aires.It hurts my soul to make this decision, because I believe that the attacks are unfair, opportunistic, imposed, and that their only objective is to harm the rival list. I already said what I think of those video clippings and apologized. It deeply offends me to be told that I am homophobic or anti-Semitic, nothing but nothing further from me, but more I cannot do. They are very large attacks built with a lot of money that one day they will have to explain.But I think that at this point it is too much to ask Jorge to support me, because the substance of the matter is different. The discussion is another. I am becoming a burden on the campaign, and this only benefits the instigators, who are also our competitors.That’s it. This policy is like that and I will continue to fight for freedom and the Constitution wherever I am put. A thank you to Jorge for thinking of me and to everyone who was happy to see me on the list. I will keep fighting, as I did all my life. See you soon.”

Original source in Spanish