Blocked by a minister for recalling the attacks that his government has not condemned

I have been using the social network Twitter (now called X) for 17 years and until now no minister had blocked me during his term.

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Until now. This afternoon I replied to a message from the Socialist minister Óscar López Águeda in which he demanded the opposition condemn alleged shouts directed at the Prime Minister yesterday. This demand demonstrates great cynicism, as I stated in my reply:

The government, which has yet to condemn the pro-ETA attack on a journalist and four police officers in Pamplona or any of the far-left attacks against Vox, is now demanding that the opposition condemn some shouts. What utter hypocrisy.

With this message I was referring to the attacks that occurred on October 30 in Pamplona by hooded far-leftists, attacks that the government has not yet condemned, just as it has not condemned any of the multiple attacks suffered by Vox members at the hands of the far left in recent years.

It seems the minister didn't like my response, pointing out his government's double standards regarding violence: the socialist Óscar López blocked me in less than a minute. Now I can no longer reply to his messages on that social network. They're much faster at blocking than they were at sending aid to Valencia after the floods.

This is the second Socialist minister to block me. The other is Óscar López, who blocked me years ago, before he joined the government. For me, these blocks are an honor. We have a corrupt, authoritarian government that has made it very clear that it does not tolerate independent journalists who disagree with it. Knowing that something I've written makes members of this government uncomfortable fills me with pride. I can't help but recall that López was one of the ministers who praised the violent protest two months ago against the final stage of the Vuelta a España in Madrid. If someone like that dislikes me, it's a sign that I'm doing something right.

By the way, here's a fact: Óscar López is Minister for "Digital Transformation". I wonder if this transformation that López is leading with regard to new technologies includes blocking all those who express opinions he doesn't like, just as his colleague Óscar Puente compulsively does. It's a rhetorical question, of course: in February Sánchez launched his digital censorship plan while continuing to allow tributes to ETA terrorists. This is the government that now demands the opposition condemn some shouting. Like I said: what nerve.

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Photo: PSOE. Socialist Óscar López Águeda, Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, at a PSOE public event on November 22, 2025.