Apparent coup in Brazil in progress

NYT reporting that Brazilian election officials have called the race for Lula

Brazil Elects Lula, a Leftist Former Leader, in a Rebuke of Bolsonaro

 

Brazil's Lula da Silva wins fiercely contested presidential run-off vote | CNN

 

All indications are that Lula has won, so the discussion is moot in any case. Unless Bolsonaro makes an overt move, there has been no “coup” or whatever else you want to call it, just a close election.

 

We shall see how this plays out, as this nutjob has also previously said they’ll have to kill him to remove him. That he’d “attempt” something was unsurprising, what would be surprising is if that was his one move and now he goes quietly.

 

Has Trump called him a “loser” yet?

 

I saw some speculation somewhere that it essentially depended on what the military would do after the election, maybe they told him they’d take him up on the “they’ll have to kill me” if he tried to retain power?

 

Yet another gift of the orange one. Normalizing this idiocy.

Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress

 

The parallels are hard to miss. People using flags as weapons, breaking through police barriers as the police fire on them, the idiots breaking into the Capitol Building taking a bunch of selfie videos while doing it, etc.

 

Bolsonaro and his security minister are both in Florida. We will find out soon enough Bannon had a hand in this.

 

According to our resident bullshit artists, just normal political discourse and any attempt to stop them is a violation of their rights.

 

Also totally not Fascism.

 

I’ve seen reporting that Jason Miller and Bannon have set up an Insurrection “think tank” that has been advising a number of despots including Bolosonaro. After Bannon gets out of jail hopefully the Brazilian govt will ask for his extradition.