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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Fri Dec 30, 2022, 11:23 PM Dec 2022

Teary Bolsonaro Calls Election Loss Unfair

Teary Bolsonaro Calls Election Loss Unfair

December 30, 2022 at 8:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 112 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/12/30/teary-bolsonaro-calls-election-loss-unfair/

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“Two days before leaving office, ending a tumultuous four years as the race-baiting, Amazon-developing, coronavirus-downplaying, vaccine-skeptical leader of Latin America’s largest country, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remained defiant in a teary farewell address on Friday, defending his record and saying the election that led to his ouster was not impartial, but condemning violence against the result,” the Washington Post reports.

“Then he flew to Florida, Brazilian media reported, where in the past he has met with former president Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He apparently planned to skip the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, when the outgoing leader traditionally presents the presidential sash to his successor, a ceremony intended to reaffirm the country’s young democracy.”

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Teary Bolsonaro Calls Election Loss Unfair (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2022 OP
toddler calls mom taking his knife away "unfair" Takket Dec 2022 #1
Florida has always had its eccentricities but now it's really the whackadoodle capitol dutch777 Dec 2022 #2
Is it churlish to say, "Oh grow up!" gratuitous Dec 2022 #3

dutch777

(3,023 posts)
2. Florida has always had its eccentricities but now it's really the whackadoodle capitol
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 02:18 AM
Dec 2022

Maybe they can get Putin and Kim Jung Un in to round things out...oh, and maybe Boris Johnson.

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