term used by the rightists to accuse the leftists of using the dictator Francisco Franco as a joker, wild card, that is, as a smokescreen to cover their problems
“El francomodín que usa sin medida el socialismo que desgobierna lo que queda de España casi sin interrupción desde 2004, es una magnífica arma de distracción de los graves problemas sociales, económicos y políticos que aquejan a nuestra nación y que están en el ánimo, en las nóminas y en las facturas mensuales de la inmensa mayoría de los españoles.” — The Franco card that is used by the socialism that misgoverns what remains of Spain almost without interruption since 2004, is a magnificent weapon of distraction from the serious social, economic and political problems that afflict our nation and that are in the minds, in the payroll and in the monthly bills of the vast majority of Spaniards.
Blend of Franco (“Francisco Franco”) + comodín (“joker, wildcard”).