LA PLATA, Argentina, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Wielding a chainsaw above his head in the Argentine city of La Plata this week, radical presidential front-runner Javier Milei riled up thousands of supporters angry with 124% inflation and a painful cost-of-living crisis.
We must remove all the people who have left this country destroyed," said Rosalia Garcia, 51, a public accountant at Milei's rally in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province.
"The political caste is afraid," he yelled in La Plata.
Milei got just under 30% in the August primary, just ahead of Bullrich and Massa.
Back in La Plata, high school student Roman Lopez, 16 - who will be a first-time voter this year - said he previously wasn't interested in politics, but Milei's energy had attracted him.
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Javier Milei riled, Rosalia Garcia, Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Massa, I'm, Eduardo Murchio, it's, Sebastian Pedrozo, Roman Lopez, Horacio Soria, Juan Bustamante, Lucila Sigal, Eliana Raszewski, Rosalba O'Brien
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LA, Peronist, Thomson
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LA PLATA, Argentina, Argentine, La Plata, October's, Buenos Aires, Milei, Bullrich, Massa, greenbacks