Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the capital — echoing the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 — and the far-right is thrilled
, which they falsely believe was stolen. In a scene terrifyingly echoing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, videos depicted protesters overwhelming police barricades and breaking glass to enter Congress.
To someone who cares about the rule of law, this looks like an attempted coup. But the U.S. far-right has since 2020 made it clear that the onlythey’ll accept are the ones where their preferred candidate wins. On Sunday, they made clear that that philosophy extends to Brazil. It didn’t take long before the right-wing spin machine went on attack. Shortly after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rightly — though by an uncomfortably thin margin — won the election on Oct. 30,took to his Fox program to question the results. “There are a lot of questions about this election — whether all the ballots were counted for example, and Bolsonaro has not conceded.
, criticizing YouTube and other social media sites who prohibit content that advances false claims. He accused YouTube of “taking sides,” and in a pot-calling-the-kettle-black moment, ridiculously called the company’s decision to not spread disinformation “propaganda.”,” Bolsonaro endorsed his fellow autocrat Trump in 2020 and Trump endorsed him in kind during his failed election run last year. So it’s unsurprising that Trump supporters have happily aided to eradicate trust in Brazil’s election.
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