Bolsonaro ambassador threatens to choke Macron and insults wife Brigitte amid Amazon fires row: 'He
Renzo Gracie launches homophobic and misogynistic attack against France's president and first lady
Tom Embury-Dennis @tomemburyd
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Brazil's tourism ambassador has threatened to choke Emmanuel Macron and called his wife Brigitte “ugly” amid a continuing war of words between the French president and the Brazilian government over the fires in the Amazon rainforest.
In a video posted on social media, Renzo Gracie accused Mr Macron, who has criticised Brazil’s response to the devastating blazes, of “talking rubbish” about his country.
“The only fire going on is the fire inside Brazilian hearts and our president’s heart, you clown. Come over here you’ll be caught by the neck, that chicken neck. You don’t fool me,” said Mr Gracie, a 52-year-old mixed martial arts fighter appointed to public office last month by Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far-right president.
In a subsequent interview with Brazilian news outlet UOL, Mr Gracie complained tourism appeared to be declining in the country due to the “false fires”, claiming without evidence that the burning of the rainforest was at normal levels.
More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-fires-bolsonaro-macron-brigitte-renzo-gracie-brazil-ambassador-a9088356.html
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Statesman Gracie behind Bolsonaro.
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