A colonel's call for the army to 'expel the migrants,' cheered as Franco's return.
A surge of migrants arriving in Ceuta kept Spain in the news into a second week. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Israel and Russia were spreading disinformation about it, and MEPs from the EPP and Patriots for Europe rallied against him in Strasbourg on September 2. Online, the story travelled: an X account called RadioGenoa posted on August 31 about police in Ceuta opening fire, drawing about 1.8 million impressions. On September 4, Jack Posobiec posted that a retired Spanish colonel "is calling for the military to rise up and expel the migrants," adding "Franco Friday is BACK." It drew 120,156 views.
The call belongs to the colonel. What the post adds is the frame: a military rising against a population defined by where it came from, presented as good news and tagged with the name of the general whose coup the account had spent the day celebrating.
The post does more than report the call. 'Franco Friday is BACK' is a cheer, and cheering military force against a group defined by origin normalizes it. Our confidence here is medium, because the violence is in the colonel's words and the post carries them with approval. The post never makes the call itself.
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"BREAKING: A retired Spanish colonel is calling for the military to rise up and expel the migrants Franco Friday is BACK"
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