Martín Guzmán responded to Eduardo Wado de Pedro in the midst of the dissemination of the INDEC data on poverty, which affected 41.7% of people in the second half of 2023. The economist reproached him for the "small money plan" for the campaign.

"A Peronist government cannot win if the workers' salary is below poverty. We did not do what we had to do," he said. In an extensive message written through his X account, he noted that the poverty figure "means suffering for millions of compatriots"