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Spain: Socialists Sue Vox Leader for Hate Speech
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The Facts
Spain's ruling Socialist party has called on public prosecutors to investigate Santiago Abascal, leader of the conservative Vox party, over comments he made about Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
In an interview published on Sunday by the Argentinian newspaper Clarín, Abascal said there would come a time when the Spaniards would want to see Sánchez "strung up by his feet."
The Spin
Left narrative
Santiago Abascal and his far-right Vox party are calling for political violence against the democratically elected prime minister of Spain, and this dangerous language has no place in Spanish society. While comparing Pedro Sánchez to fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, Abascal shows that he's the real fascist who wants to rile up the masses to depose a democratically elected government.
Right narrative
The Socialists love to cry victims while finding an excuse to exercise fascist attacks on political opponents while pretending to be persecuted. Santiago Abascal wasn't calling for any form of violence against Sánchez. He was reminding the Spanish people that their current prime minister is very similar to the fascist dictators of the 1940s.
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