Brazil's Bolsonaro gets in spat with heckler

[Judi Lynn]

TODAY 15:49

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got into an altercation Thursday with a social media personality who questioned and insulted him, grabbing the man by the shirt and arm after he called the leader a "bum."




Video of the incident outside the presidential residence shows Bolsonaro clutching the heckler in an apparent attempt to grab his cell phone as the man filmed himself criticising the far-right leader.

News site G1, which published the video, identified the man as Wilker Leão, a self-described lawyer, army corporal, politics junkie and military enthusiast with 127,000 followers on TikTok.

The incident happened outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia as a grinning Bolsonaro, looking casual in an untucked, short-sleeve blue shirt, greeted supporters who crowded around his waiting motorcade to take pictures with him.

Filming with his phone, Leão approached the president and asked why he had entered an alliance with a corruption-stained group of parties known as the "Centrão" and signed legislation restricting plea bargains, often used in anti-graft investigations.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Bolsonaro: Brazil's president attempts to grab heckler's phone (short video)

A YouTuber who filmed himself hurling insults at Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday almost lost his phone to the Brazilian president, who tried to grab it off him.

Social media influencer Wilker Leão approached Bolsonaro outside the president's official residence in the capital Brasilia, calling him a "coward" among other taunts.

Footage broadcast by local channel TV Globo showed Bolsonaro grabbing Leão's shirt and arm. The president's bodyguards then pulled the YouTuber aside.

Moments later, the influencer was allowed to return and speak to Bolsonaro.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-62598385