Several Democratic legislators pressured the US president on Monday, Joe Bidento expel from the country Jair Bolsonarowho would be in Florida, after his supporters stormed the headquarters of the Presidency on Sundaythe Congress and the Supreme Court from Brazil.
“The United States must stop granting refuge to Bolsonaro in Florida”pointed out in a message published on networks the popular Democratic legislator for New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who highlighted the similarities of what happened with the assault on the US Capitol two years ago.
Other legislators, such as Texas congressman Joaquín Castro, expressed themselves in this regard: “Bolsonaro should not be given refuge in Florida, where he has been hiding from accountability for his crimes”also pointed out in networks.
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Similar messages were published by the Democratic congressman from Minnesota Ilhan Omar and from California Mark Takano: “Jair Bolsonaro should not be allowed to take refuge in the United States,” the latter sentenced.
Bolsonaro left Brazil before Lula’s inauguration
Amid unproven allegations of voter fraud, Bolsonaro decided not to be present at Lula’s inauguration ceremonyas tradition dictates, on January 1 in Brasilia, and previously flew to Florida (USA) while he was still president on the presidential plane.
Bolsonaro (2019-2023) is allegedly staying at the home of a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter in Orlando (central Florida), a city where he has many followers among the Brazilian community, and maintains a low profile.
Until nowBiden has limited himself to condemning what happened in Brazil and on Sunday he stated that he will continue working with Lula.
I condemn the assault on democracy and the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil,” the US president said on his Twitter account in a message in which he assured that Brazil’s democratic institutions have the “total support” of the US.
Meanwhile, the former president of the United States. Donald Trump, who has always expressed his sympathies for the Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro and also lives in Florida, keeps a conspicuous silence about the event and, usually very active on social networks, has neither spoken nor written so far on the subject.
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