"Bolsonaro Must Not Be Given Refuge in Florida," Progressive US Lawmakers Say
Prominent U.S. lawmakers said Sunday that Jair Bolsonaro should not be given safe harbor in Florida after his supporters — animated by the far-right former president’s election lies — launched a massive attack on Brazil’s main government buildings, an assault that came a week after leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated.
“Two years ago our Capitol was attacked by fanatics, now we are watching it happen in Brazil,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Sunday evening after thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and ransacked Brazil’s presidential palace, Congress, and Supreme Court.
“Solidarity with Lula and the Brazilian people,” Omar continued. “Democracies around the world must stand united to condemn this attack on democracy. Bolsonaro should not be given refuge in Florida.”
Just two days before his term ended and he was set to relinquish power to Lula following his failed bid to overturn the October election results, Bolsonaro flew to Orlando, Florida “with plans to stay for at least a month,” The New York Times reported.
According to the Times, Bolsonaro — an ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump — has been “living in a rented house owned by a professional mixed martial arts fighter a few miles from Disney World.” The Washington Post reported last month that “days after Bolsonaro’s loss, allies met with Trump aides in the United States to discuss next steps. His son Eduardo, a Brazilian congressman, met Trump at Mar-a-Lago [in November] in Palm Beach, Florida.”
https://truthout.org/articles/bolsonaro-must-not-be-given-refuge-in-florida-progressive-us-lawmakers-say/
I agree 100%. Deport the bastard back to Brazil and hand him over to Lula's government.
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