Posted on Jan 25, 2023
Bolsonaro backers in Florida decry what they see as a stolen election in Brazil
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Rows of cars, some of them rentals, line the shoulder of a highway, outside the security office of a gated community in this Orlando suburb.
Lutty Sutton is among the dozens of people who have shown up at the gated community on a Tuesday afternoon in the hopes of seeing Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former president of Brazil, who is staying in a vacation home there owned by Brazilian mixed martial artist José Aldo.
"I want to see him. I'm going to cry," says Sutton. "I want to say to him. 'Don't give up.' I have so much hope in him. I want him to come back to Brazil."
Bolsonaro came to Florida on Dec. 30, two days before he was supposed to hand over the presidential sash signifying the peaceful transition of power to the rival who had recently defeated him, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"He really just doesn't like Lula and did not want to hand the presidential sash over to him at the inauguration." says Bryan Pitt, assistant director at UCLA's Latin American Institute.
Rows of cars, some of them rentals, line the shoulder of a highway, outside the security office of a gated community in this Orlando suburb.
Lutty Sutton is among the dozens of people who have shown up at the gated community on a Tuesday afternoon in the hopes of seeing Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former president of Brazil, who is staying in a vacation home there owned by Brazilian mixed martial artist José Aldo.
"I want to see him. I'm going to cry," says Sutton. "I want to say to him. 'Don't give up.' I have so much hope in him. I want him to come back to Brazil."
Bolsonaro came to Florida on Dec. 30, two days before he was supposed to hand over the presidential sash signifying the peaceful transition of power to the rival who had recently defeated him, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"He really just doesn't like Lula and did not want to hand the presidential sash over to him at the inauguration." says Bryan Pitt, assistant director at UCLA's Latin American Institute.
Bolsonaro backers in Florida decry what they see as a stolen election in Brazil
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""I follow him on social media, on the internet," says Sutton, who, like many Bolsonaro supporters, shares a distrust of news organizations. "The media don't say anything. People that don't follow social media, they don't know the real situation. They don't know.
"No one shows the truth, they only tell lies," says Sutton, who makes an exception for far right media figures Tucker Carlson on Fox News and author Glenn Greenwald.
"Both of them really know the situation in Brazil," she says.
Florida has proven to be a stronghold of support for Bolsonaro.
"Out of all the Brazilian electoral districts, both within Brazil and outside of Brazil, the highest percentage of votes that Bolsonaro got was in Miami," says Pitt."
...""I follow him on social media, on the internet," says Sutton, who, like many Bolsonaro supporters, shares a distrust of news organizations. "The media don't say anything. People that don't follow social media, they don't know the real situation. They don't know.
"No one shows the truth, they only tell lies," says Sutton, who makes an exception for far right media figures Tucker Carlson on Fox News and author Glenn Greenwald.
"Both of them really know the situation in Brazil," she says.
Florida has proven to be a stronghold of support for Bolsonaro.
"Out of all the Brazilian electoral districts, both within Brazil and outside of Brazil, the highest percentage of votes that Bolsonaro got was in Miami," says Pitt."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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