Trump's MAGA Movement Sets Its Sights On Brazil's Democracy

[marmar]

(HuffPost) As supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro staged anti-democratic demonstrations in major cities across Brazil on Tuesday, the country’s top law enforcement body briefly focused its attention on a far-right activist from the United States: For more than three hours, Brazil’s Federal Police detained Jason Miller, an ex-spokesman for former U.S. President Donald Trump, at the airport in Brasília, as he tried to leave the country.

The Tuesday rallies, meant to demonstrate popular support for a “countercoup” against Brazil’s institutions as Bolsonaro continues to spread Trump-like lies about voter fraud ahead of next year’s election, did not result in an explicit Jan. 6-style storming of Brazil’s National Congress or its Supreme Court, as some analysts feared it might.

But it came close — at least three times, supporters of the president tried to storm through police lines protecting Congress, only to be repelled, according to The Associated Press. There were at least seven such attempts nearby at the Supreme Court, Folha de S.Paulo reported.

The rallies were smaller than originally forecast but still large enough to showcase the danger Bolsonaro and his supporters pose to the world’s fourth-largest democracy. Many participants carried signs calling for an immediate military takeover of the government, an outcome Bolsonaro has said may be necessary. Speaking to a crowd in Brasília, the capital, Bolsonaro again suggested that there may not be elections in the fall of 2022 if they are not conducted on his terms. Later, in São Paulo, he leveled new threats against the Supreme Court justices who have refuted his election conspiracies and are investigating “anti-democratic acts” committed by Bolsonaro and his allies. ..........(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jason-miller-detained-brazil-bolsonaro-trump_n_6138bee5e4b0f1b97068a838

[secondwind]

1. So the asshat is exporting his foot soldiers now???? wtf

WHEN can we expect to see this bastard in jail?? He's a menace to the world.

[Me.]

2. They Can't Succeed In America

So will destroy Brazil instead?

[andym]

3. Spreading Trump's fascist sickness abroad

It's really up to the institutions of a country to resist, and the citizen's of each target country including the US have to "vaccinated" against such efforts, but not only by being aware of the threats but by considering the threat makers seditious, even if they are the elected leader and his team.

[randr]

4. They should all move there

[TheProle]

5. Not the first time loser traitors ran off to Brazil

https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-us-confederacy-americana-brazil-2017-5#the-brazilian-government-set-up-informational-agencies-across-the-bible-belt-and-offered-to-pay-relocation-costs-for-all-americans-willing-to-make-the-move-6

[Maru Kitteh]

6. Jason Miller is basically a sausage casing stuffed with vomitus.