Mariano Rajoy served as prime minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, and clips of his awkward, convoluted public phrases became a long running source of Spanish internet humour. Short excerpts from his speeches and interviews are routinely cut into soundboard clips, and this sweets reference spread in that same way through shares, remixes and chat forwards. Its appeal has little to do with politics itself and more with the contrast between formal public speech and a trivial topic, which is why it survives as a reaction sound long after the original moment.
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Short clip of former Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy talking about chuches, or sweets, shared as a funny political soundbite for memes and reactions.
This is a brief voice clip of Mariano Rajoy, the former prime minister of Spain, saying a line about chuches, the everyday Spanish word for sweets and candies. The humour comes from hearing a serious political figure talk about something so small and childish in his flat, deadpan delivery, which makes the phrase sound strangely memorable and quotable. Stripped from its original context, the line works as an absurd non sequitur that Spanish speakers drop into conversations and edits whenever sweets, childhood treats or a completely out of place comment are mentioned.
