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Deiveson Figueiredo’s Support of Jair Bolsonaro Sets Dangerous Precedent

In 2020, the world was introduced to the largest stage that election denial has ever seen when a former President of the United State of America denied the results of his country’s election. Donald Trump took election denials from social media all the way to the doorsteps and even inside the United States Capitol building.

It appears former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has achieved the same feat with his supporters in his country’s capital city of Brasilia.

What Deiveson Figueiredo’s Support of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Actually Means

The storming of the Brazilian capitol by right-wing Bolsonaro supporters was something that was brewing for a long time in one of the world’s largest democracies.