Brazil's Unvaccinated Far-Right President Bolsonaro Forced to Eat Pizza on the Street in NYC

[AZProgressive]

Brazil’s unvaccinated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has been photographed nibbling a pizza slice on the street in New York City, where indoor diners have to have had at least one COVID-19 shot. Bolsonaro is in NYC to take part in the United Nations General Assembly, and, last week, he boasted that he would ignore a vaccine mandate for attendees. However, it seems the city’s restaurant managers aren’t letting him bend the rules. According to Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense, Bolsonaro’s tourism minister Gilson Machado posted an Instagram snap of the president and his ministers having a humble outdoor dinner of pizza and Coke on their first night in NYC. The paper also noted that the unmasked Bolsonaro had to sneak into his hotel through the back door on Sunday due to protesters. The UN General Assembly will get underway Tuesday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jair-bolsonaro-forced-to-eat-pizza-on-the-street-in-nyc

[smb]

1. Still Better Than He Deserves

Pizza ain't what I'd tell him to eat.

[Scrivener7]

2. Good!

[kirkuchiyo]

3. It is probably really good pizza though...

Chicago style isn't pizza...

[Nolagirl]

8. If you mean Deep Dish Pizza

That's not the only pizza Chicago has. If you haven't had their tavern (thin crust) pizza, you're missing out.

[brooklynite]

4. Where does the "forced to eat outside" element come from.

They stopped at a pizza by the slice restaurant, rather that a sit down place. 90% of the City's pizza places are takeout only.

[AZProgressive]

5. I saw this originally on Raw Story

Some here don’t like Raw Story so I went to their link which took me to Daily Beast. This is where I found it.

New York pizzeria forces Trump-loving Brazilian president to eat outside after he refused to show proof of vaccination

A New York pizzeria forced Trump-loving Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to eat outside this week after he refused to show proof of being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.

Via The Daily Beast, Brazilian publication Correio Braziliense reported this week that Bolsonaro had to eat his pizza outdoors while he was in New York this week for a United Nations General Assembly.

The embattled Brazilian leader, who has seen his poll numbers collapse due to his handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, has not been vaccinated against the deadly virus that so far has killed nearly 600,000 Brazilians.

Despite this, Bolsonaro apparently believes that defying New York's pandemic restrictions will help him with his base of voters, as tourism minister Gilson Machado proudly put a photo of a defiant Bolsonaro eating pizza outdoors on his social media accounts.

https://www.rawstory.com/jair-bolsonaro-vaccine/

[edhopper]

6. Not true

they always have that greasy countertop with a few stools.

[FakeNoose]

7. I'm wondering how he got into the country?

What airline brought him here? I'm sure he had to wear a mask to fly in here, but maybe he wasn't asked for proof of vaccination.

[marybourg]

9. What airline would have flown President TFG to Brazil?