“This lady is from El Salvador and gets paid by the Spanish”: the racism of a Vox councilor towards a mayor of Más Madrid

More Madrid has demanded the resignation of Ignacio AnsaldoVox councilor in the Madrid City Council, for his “racist and xenophobic” behavior against the mayor Carolina Eliasof Salvadoran origin.

The demand for resignation has occurred after what happened this Monday in the Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility commission due to an advertising campaign by the Catholic and Propagandist Association for Hispanic Heritage Day, which the Más Madrid councilor has described as “colonialist.”

Once he was finishing that point on the agenda, Ansaldo asked to take the floor “for allusions”, to go on to attack Carolina Elías. “Every time this lady speaks in a commission or in a plenary session, she calls us genocidal. This lady, who I think is from El SalvadorI don’t know if he has nationality but he lives in Spain and cobra of the Spanish, you should study a little history and stop instilling the black legend,” the Vox councilor snapped.

The president of the commission has reminded him that taking the floor through allusions does not mean “going into the background” and, of course, “it does not have to go into the nationality of the person.” Already at another point in the commission, The councilor of Más Madrid José Luis Nieto has claimed that Ansaldo “apologize” to his partner for some words that “have been out of place.” “Is she Spanish? Well, very good, all the more reason not to call the people who welcomed her genocidal,” replied the Vox councilor, who did not want to take back what was said.

Minutes later, Councilor Elías, supported by a large part of the municipal group, with The spokesperson, Rita Maestre, at the head, has publicly denounced in a video “the racist and xenophobic behavior” that the Vox councilor has had with her in the commission.

“He interrupted the session due to allusions, even though he had not alluded to him at any time. He has referred to me with contempt and questioning my legitimacy as a councilor of this City Council. He has accused me of calling them genocidal, something I have never done. He has addressed me disparagingly as ‘this lady’,” Carolina Elías has listed.

“He has also told me in a condescending way that I should read history and that I am ungrateful to the Spaniards who pay me my salary, as if I did not also pay taxes. Mr. Ansaldo, I am not ‘this lady’. I am a councilor of this City Council like you. More than 300,000 Madrid residents have voted for me. I am the first Madrid councilor of San Salvadoran origin and yes, I am from El Salvador, with great pride,” she addressed. to the Vox councilor.

Carolina Elías has reminded Ansaldo that, whether he likes it or not, she is “as Spanish” as he is and he highlighted Madrid, which has been his host city, “despite racist, classist and sexist people” like Ansaldo and “that right that despises so many Madrid women of Latin American origin.”

“We demand that Mr. Ansaldo resign because these behaviors do not represent the people of Madrid and should have no place in politics. And I already told you, they are not going to silence me, they are not going to silence us,” said the councilor. from Más Madrid.