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Bolsonaro Says he 'Felt a Spark' with '14 and 15-Year-Old Girls' and Video Becomes Ammunition for Opponents
President recalled the fact during a podcast and Flávio Bolsonaro accuses the left-wing opposition of taking 'misplaced speech by the president and using it to 'input fake news'
Oct.17.2022 1:37PM
BRASÍLIA
A statement by President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in which he uses the expression "I felt a spark" when talking about Venezuelan teenagers went viral on social media and became ammunition for the president's opponents.
During an interview with a podcast on Friday (14), the president was exploring a recurring theme of his campaign the alleged risk of Brazil "becoming a Venezuela" if former president Lula (PT) returns to power when he reported a meeting he had with girls from the neighboring country in São Sebastião, on the outskirts of the Federal District.
"I stopped the motorcycle on a corner, took off my helmet, and looked at some little girls, three, four, beautiful; 14, 15 years old, all dressed up on a Saturday in a community. And I saw that they were kind of similar. I felt a spark between us, and I came back, 'can I come into your house?' I entered. There were about 15, 20 girls, [on a] Saturday morning, getting ready all Venezuelans. And I ask: pretty girls, 14, 15 years old getting ready on a Saturday for what? To make a living. You want this for your daughter, those who are listening to us right now. And how did it get to this point? Wrong choices," he said.
Bolsonaro's speech has been spread on social media by critics, who accused him of pedophilia.
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https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2022/10/bolsonaro-says-he-felt-a-spark-with-14-and-15-year-old-girls-and-video-becomes-ammunition-for-opponents.shtml
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)I'm trying to read between the lines here -- is he suggesting they were sex workers? The idea of fifteen to twenty teenage girls living together and getting all dressed up to "make a living" sure makes it sound that way. And, although prostitution is legal in Brazil, child prostitution definitely isn't, and the government is (supposedly) trying to stamp it out. If that's what he thought might be happening, why didn't he call in the authorities to rescue those teens from that life?
peppertree
(21,636 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Macri was way, way into a slimy world, too, for certain.
There's not anything respectable about them, at all.
The link you posted really gives a person a lot to consider. Macri's personal world is astonishingly packed with total freaks, isn't it? So much like Trump's. Bolsonaro's sons are also hustlers and crooks. You wouldn't expect this from actual presidents of countries, would you?
Thanks for sharing the Macri reminder. He belongs in prison, by all means, should have been sent there a long time ago! I'll bet his dad was also a scummy guy. His dad's face was shockingly ugly, like the picture of Dorian Gray! Macri's well on his way, too. Eventually it all shows on their faces, for the world to see. I've seen that on other people a few times, too, haven't you? Yikes! It almost makes you catch your breath when you meet them face to face, they are that bizarre!
Just found this photo of Franco Macri from decades ago!
Standing with President Carlos Menem! Yikes. He looks like a Mafioso!
Not sure if this was before or after his death!
Buh bye.