The most extreme insults and scandals of Rodolfo Hernández, the populist candidate who surprises in Colombia

The candidate Rodolfo Hernandez is the big surprise that left the election in Colombia. With a campaign focused on social networks and despite not having attended the last debates with the other candidates, the engineer has come in second place in the vote and will face Gustavo Petro on June 19.

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Although his TikTok videos have flooded all social networks, Hernández has also gone viral for some controversial statements that have raised reactions of all kinds in the digital ecosystem. Here are some of them.

“For Vichada? What is that?”

In the month of February, it became clear in a video that the candidate I didn’t know what a department of the country was or where it was: Vichada.

Rodolfo Hernández, the candidate who is second in the presidential polls, does not know what Vichada is or what its capital is. Oh my God! You don’t know whether to laugh or cry. ????????‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/dyb0yLuVhl

– Andrés Fernando Portillo (@andresportillo_) February 20, 2022

The event was recorded when a follower of Hernández approached him and asked him to send a greeting to Vichada. The engineer, without hesitation, replied: “For Vichada? It’s Following this, the follower explained that it was an apartment, to which Hernández replied: “And what is the capital?”

Your thoughts on women’s football

During an interview with Radius Snailthe Santanderean caused controversy among listeners when they asked him about Women’s Football.

– “Do you like women’s soccer?”, the journalist “Chemas” Escandón asked the candidate.

– “The truth is that I hardly see that”Hernandez responded.

The reporter then inquired, “Don’t you like women’s soccer?”

-”Yes… well, it’s football. Let’s support is sport in general. But there are two branches of sport: competitive and recreational. Both must be supported.”, concluded the candidate.

Insult against firefighters

In 2019, the former mayor of Bucaramanga made denigrating comments against the firefighters of that city during a live broadcast From Facebook.

At that time, Hernández received a complaint from a citizen because some fences had not been removed from a sector of the city.

Given the situation, the former mayor made the decision to call live Alba Navarrothen Secretary of the Interior, and ask her about the delay in dismantling the structures.What is it?”.

Firefighters sue Rodolfo Hernández for calling them “potbellies” ???? They ask for compensation of 327 million pesos for being a victim of bullying. pic.twitter.com/SpSatcvcy8

— THE TIME (@THETIEMPO) March 11, 2021

Navarro told him that he had not been able to advance on this issue because the firefighters did not have an altitude course that would certify them to do the job.

So, Hernández called the fire director of Bucaramanga and told him: “Diego, it is that we have to remove a fence by order of a judge, but Alba Zucena tells me that you said that you did not remove them because he had a batch of fat paunches over there from firefighters who weren’t even able to get on a stool”.

This generated that, time later, the Bucaramanga firefighters filed two demands against Hernandez.

Statements against Venezuelan women

According to an article in this medium, at the beginning of 2019, Hernández made controversial statements about Venezuelan women.

At the time, he commented: “They don’t pay for anything, we cover everything and the births they have had are like 400 a year, they are a factory to make poor Chinamen”.

Days later, in an interview with EL TIEMPO, Hernández maintained his position and added: “Oh my God don’t make more Chinese, more misfortunes for those people, more poverty. You can’t feed more mouths or tell me about that magic”.

Given these words, at the time, some Venezuelan women who live in Bucaramanga rejected the mayor’s statements.

Locals walk past a mural depicting Colombian independent presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández, in Bogotá, on May 7, 2022. (Juan BARRETO/AFP)

Comments after sanction

According to an article in this medium, in March 2019, Hernández made some controversial statements after the Sectional Council of the Santander Judiciary imposed a sanction on him for not guaranteeing drinking water in a settlement in Bucaramanga.

Faced with the situation, Hernández said: “Better, if you want I’m going to rest. Delicious, I need to be notified quickly (…) it’s time to talk to the lawyers, but if they put me in jail for not stealing the money from the Bumangueses, that would be world-class, put the mayor in jail for not being a thief and the thieves continue so cool”, commented the former mayor at the time.

Of course, these statements served as fuel for his detractors.

Blow to the head of Jhon Jairo Claro

In 2018, Hernandez hit on the head to Jhon Jairo Claro, then a councilman from Bucaramanga, after the two had a heated discussion in the former mayor’s office.

According to an article in this medium, Hernández was subsequently sanctioned by the Attorney General’s Office with an eight-month suspension and ineligibility.

Verbal aggression against Fernando Martínez

In October 2018, the former mayor of the city of Bucaramanga fell into controversy again after saying some strong words against Fernando Martínez, an inspector who was denouncing the felling of a tree.

In the midst of the scuffle, Hernández said: “I am the environmental authority. I know that you are a lavacu… of politics. He is a lavaper… of politics and of the thieves who robbed Bucaramanga “.

The discussion was recorded on a video that went viral.

RECTIFICATION FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ pic.twitter.com/5kklNh75dO

— Ing Rodolfo Hernandez ????????! (@ingrodolfohdez) January 29, 2019

Insult against Germán Torres

At the end of 2018, Hernández was once again the victim of his words after he made an off-color comment to Germán Torres, at that time director of Bucaramanga Transit.

The former mayor was making a live broadcast on his Facebook account with Torres to ask him about a alleged irregularity in the imposition of subpoenas that the citizenry had denounced.

Then, at one point in the conversation, Hernández told him: “They put their finger in your mouth, not to mention that they put it in another place“.

In my day this was grounds for dismissal. The Mayor of Bucaramanga @ingrodolfohdez insult the director @transitobucara and tells him that they stick their finger in (…) @PGN_COL pic.twitter.com/FwXk1mAtgL

— Cicero Berbeo (@CiceronBerbeo) October 16, 2018

Comments against the UIS

In 2017, Hernández caused a stir for some statements he made about the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) that went viral.

In the clip, Hernández can be heard saying: “Sale cheaper to close it, send everyone to the Sorbonne, University of Paris, and sell the lot”.

Let’s pronounce ourselves graduates, teachers and community @UIS in general, for these rude statements of @ingrodolfohdez and his government of authoritarian populism @HeadquartersUISBarranca @HeadquartersUISMalaga @HeadquartersUISBarbosa @SedeUISBucarica @UISFilosofia @UIS_Radio @RevistaUISIng @UIS_VIE @TeatroUIS pic.twitter.com/wdsJKpThpe

– Edgar Suarez G (@EdgarSuarezG) December 11, 2017

Comments against Venezuelan citizens

According to an article written in this medium, in 2017 the former mayor of Bucaramanga made controversial comments about Venezuelan immigrants.

“All the beggars from Venezuela, the prostitutes and the unemployed came here because we are practically bordering the border”Hernandez said.

At the time, the councilor Wilson Mora He cataloged the former president’s comments as “derogatory and inappropriate.”

Source: Elcomercio