Claudia Sheinbaumpresidential candidate for the Let’s Keep Making History coalition, and Clara BrugadaMorena’s candidate to head the Mexico City government caused a stir after starring in the film “Awkward moment”, as users of X – formerly Twitter – described it in the capital’s Zocalo square on March 1.
Video the beginning of the Sheinbaum campaign, showing the presidential candidate and Brugada posing for a photograph in front of hundreds of thousands of people attending the event.
Clip 20 seconds, which went viral on X, shows the moment both women greet each other and, with their backs turned to fans, hug and take photos. However, at the moment of separation, it seems that there is a “fight” between them.
In the images you can see Brugada coming up to kiss Sheinbaum on the cheek – a gesture that The candidate rejects and retreats, trying to remove the former mayor of Iztapalapa’s hand from her shoulder and pose for another photo with both hands raised.
Some Internet users ridiculed the moment, others criticized Sheinbaum’s position, but there were also those who came to her defense and assured that everything was an attempt to weaken the image of the Morenista candidate.
Brugada even talked about this moment through the same social network and shared his version of the meeting with Sheinbaumbut this time it was recorded from the stage, facing them.
“For those with a wide imagination, This is what actually happened, #CLEAR, not what it seems 😉“Written by a candidate from CDMX.
Along with her message, she posted a 12-second video in which, despite the fact that there is a cameraman in front of them, a second camera manages to capture the moment when she comes to kiss Sheinbaum. but she rejects it.
On the other hand, Epigmenio Ibarra defended both of them and insisted that this is a distortion on social networks, so he shared another 13-second video that shows the entire moment until Sheinbuam removes Brugada’s hand from his shoulder and lift them both high.
“I saw how they hugged each other and, having embraced, turned to the photographers so that the square was in the background, raised their folded hands and walked away with a smile. Today the right one sank!”, assured Ibarra.