Victoria Villarruel shared a quote of her own on social media with a message to the intern with Milei: "I'm not afraid of anything."

Victoria Villarruel once again alluded to the heated internal conflict she maintains with Javier Milei, which escalated last week with a session that once again exposed the rifts within the ruling party and with criticisms she directed at him via Instagram. Now, on the same social media platform, the vice president uploaded a video with a strong assessment of her situation within the government.

"I'm afraid of only two things. One: as a Catholic, of losing my soul. Two: as an Argentine, of not being up to the task," Villarruel can be heard saying, while archival footage plays.

And he concludes: "Apart from that, I'm not afraid of anything."

The origin of the phrase dates back to last May, but an account dedicated to spreading the word about Villarruel posted it on Tuesday, and the vice president reposted it on her personal account.

The Senate president had spoken those words during a talk with students of the Leadership Diploma at the University of Buenos Aires (UCA). In the new version, her voice is layered over images of the vice president at the Basilica of Luján, the National Military College, and at the recent Flag Day event in Rosario, where she was the only national government official present, even though she had not been officially invited.

Villarruel posted the video on Instagram, the same network where he had already harshly criticized Milei , while he considers creating his own political organization in a tense situation within the ruling party.

Earlier, Guillermo Francos had acknowledged a rift: "It's undoubtedly a crisis, not an institutional one, but a political crisis within the government. There's a misunderstanding between the president and the vice president," the chief of staff stated in an interview with DNews .

Until now, Francos had avoided criticizing the vice president, as did Security Minister Patricia Bulltich—who accused her of being an "accomplice" of Kirchnerism —and Milei himself, who directly called her a " traitor " for her role in last week's Senate session.

The government questioned Villarruel for presiding over a session they considered illegitimate and threatening to upset the fiscal balance. The Libertarians suffered a heavy defeat with the passage of emergency laws on disability, pension increases, a pension moratorium, and the partial approval of the automatic distribution of ATN and the fuel tax, bills promoted by the governors.

"If there's balance, then helping the most vulnerable shouldn't be so terrible. The issue is that a retiree can't wait, and a disabled person even less so. Let [Milei] save on travel and SIDE, and that's it ," the Vice President responded to a social media user.

The back-and-forth went on almost at dawn, and Villarruel continued to question Milei: " If I were disloyal, I'd have been making a fuss about what I see for a while now ." "I'm not a traitor, but I don't condone lies or decisions that harm the Argentine people." " When the President decides to speak and behave like an adult, I'll be able to know what his policies are, since he doesn't speak," were some of his criticisms.

The vice president also took the opportunity to question Milei for having refused to greet her at the Te Deum on May 25 at the Metropolitan Cathedral: " A President who can't even greet the person with whom he came to power . Tell him that I never lose my manners," Villarruel responded when questioned about not being at the side of the head of state.

The relationship between the President and his vice president broke down shortly after he took office and continued to escalate to a point where there seems to be no return. That gesture on May 25th was the first time the president openly exposed him at a public event, refusing to greet him.

Now, Francos—probably the most politically correct member of the cabinet—has joined the criticism of Villarruel: "The vice president's reactions are issues that should be resolved differently ," he noted, adding: "These situations usually arise. Now, in the specific case of the vice president's actions in the Senate session the other day, some say she could have done more, she could have not opened the session. That was the reason the president reacted the way he did."

The Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace) wants Villarruel out of the Executive Branch, but she is prepared to resist from her office in the Senate. Sources close to her told Clarín that "all bridges are broken" with La Libertad Avanza (Freedom Advances), but the vice president refuses to step aside. However, they anticipate that after the October elections, Villarruel will work on her own party with a view to the 2027 elections.