ALBAWABA - President of Colombia Gustavo Petro recently sparked debate on X (formerly Twitter) after responding to another post with "Heil Hitler."
The daring post was in response to an opinion piece by Colombian lawyer Felipe Zuleta Lleras and Gemini AI discussing the country's need for order, authority, and economic freedom. The piece in question endorsed conservative candidate Abelardo de la Espriella as a replacement for Petro, triggering the response.
Lleras co-wrote with Gemini, "Colombia does not need more rhetoric; it needs order, authority, and economic freedom."
Gustavo Petro's 'Heil Hitler' post sparks debate on X
Petro's response garnered over 20 million views and 77,000 likes in less than a day, drawing contrasting political reactions on social media. Many users accused the Colombian president of "antisemitism" and "fascism."
U.S. Congressman Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez replied to Petro, "Totally disgusting to use that phrase." Another added, "How does that sit with him having this pinned tweet in his account? It looks like the very thing he claims to reject so much."
One more wrote, "You want to steer the discussion toward Nazism, as if it had ever been established and carried out in Latin America, when that has not been the case. What we have indeed suffered is communism, the kind you like."
