Txapote is the nickname of Francisco Javier García Gaztelu, a convicted ETA member responsible for terrorist murders including that of Miguel Ángel Blanco in 1997. The phrase 'que te vote Txapote', meaning 'may Txapote vote for you', became a Spanish political insult used to accuse rivals, especially on the nationalist left, of sympathising with ETA. It spread through rallies, television debates and social media, where the line is chanted or captioned over opponents' clips, joining other political meme sounds like We are Charlie Kirk in the online culture wars.