Bolsonaro tells protesting truckers to clear roads

[SouthBayDem]

Source: BBC

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has appealed to truckers protesting against Sunday's election results to clear the roads and protest elsewhere.

Supporters of the far-right president have erected hundreds of roadblocks across Brazil since it was announced that Mr Bolsonaro's left-wing rival Lula won the election.

Mr Bolsonaro said blocking roads was not a part of "legitimate" protests.

He encouraged people to choose other ways of demonstrating.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63494525

[peppertree]

1. Brazil's right-wingers have been taking all this about as well as expected

But to be fair, even Bolsonaro proved able to bring himself to concede - something Needy Amin could never.

Link to tweet

[progressoid]

11. JFC.

[Qutzupalotl]

2. I can't believe I agree with Bolsonaro,

but blocking roads in protest is selfish and counterproductive. People have places to be, and it's not always work or shopping. Sometimes it's an emergency room.

[calimary]

3. I totally get that!

My first reaction was along the lines of “since when does he do the right thing and sit on some of his hot-headed supporters?”

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. Maybe because he sees us going down the tubes via MAGAts.

[RussBLib]

9. Sometimes even the jerks do the right thing nt

[Gordolfon]

6. He turned out to bit less evil than Trump

Which is no compliment.

[GreenWave]

7. What mindless simpletons they are to need to be told to do the right thing.

[republianmushroom]

8. A lot more class than the ORANGE A-O

but than one can walk thru a dog kennel and have stuff on his shoe that has more class than the ORANGE A-O. IMO

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. Bolsonaro and his wealthy backers, are more worried about their business interests than anything

That's what I suspect. Follow the money. This isn't some altruistic action. I have no doubt he's feeling pressure from the wealthy elite that need their trucks to fulfill orders and deliver.