Presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez revealed that in 2018 Morena invited her to join their ranks, with a visit from Claudia Sheinbaum and Andrés Manuel López Beltrán to her home. They offered key positions such as senator or in the federal cabinet. The anecdote, shared on December 28, raised doubts due to coinciding with the Day of the Holy Innocents, though Gálvez insisted on its truth.
In a social media post on December 28, the Day of the Holy Innocents, Xóchitl Gálvez, the opposition's former presidential candidate, recalled a 2018 incident when Morena sought to incorporate opposition profiles. According to her account, Claudia Sheinbaum, the current president, and Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, visited her home to extend the invitation.
Gálvez detailed that they offered her 'practically whatever she wanted,' including a position in the federal cabinet or as a senator. 'High-level Morenistas came to visit me at home: Claudia Sheinbaum herself, López Obrador's son, Andy López Beltrán, to offer me to join the cabinet, be a senator, practically whatever I wanted; this was true in 2018 when they were recruiting opposition people,' stated the former PAN senator.
This revelation comes after the 2024 presidential elections, in which Gálvez was defeated. Since then, she has distanced herself from the parties that supported her, focusing on her role as a businesswoman and maintaining an opposition voice on social media, criticizing Morena figures like Adán Augusto López.
Morena has recruited several opposition politicians in recent years, bolstering its congressional majority. Examples include Cynthia López Castro, a former PRI member now in the Senate; Alejandro Murat, former Oaxaca governor; and Javier Corral, former PAN governor of Chihuahua. Votes like that of Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez helped pass key reforms, such as the one to the Judiciary.
