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🇧🇷🇺🇸 AMERICANS, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE MADNESS OF BOLSONARISM. If you think the Bolsonaro family’s latest political circus is bizarre, let me tell you what happened in Brazil in 2022. After Jair Bolsonaro lost the presidential election, thousands of his supporters camped outside military bases, demanding that the Armed Forces overturn the democratic result. They spread conspiracy theories, demanded a military coup, and refused to accept reality. On January 8, 2023, Bolsonaro supporters violently stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, and Presidential Palace. But perhaps the most surreal episode of this collective hysteria happened when a group of Bolsonaro supporters gathered around A TIRE AND STARTED PRAYING. Yes. A tire. 🛞🙏 I’m not joking. They literally prayed around a tire. Even today, it’s difficult to understand what they thought they were accomplishing. This is the level of political fanaticism we’re dealing with. Now, following reports of Flávio Bolsonaro’s departure for the United States, his allies are attempting to turn Brazil’s domestic political and legal disputes into an international diplomatic crisis. They couldn’t accept defeat in 2022, and they still haven’t learned how democracy works. And apparently, Donald Trump is willing to entertain this absurd political spectacle. Figures such as Paulo Figueiredo, Rodrigo Constantino, and other Bolsonaro allies continue promoting narratives that portray the family as victims of political persecution. But losing an election is not persecution. And facing legitimate criminal investigations is not persecution either. Americans deserve to understand who these people are before their government gets dragged into another country’s political conflicts. Brazil is a free, sovereign democracy. Our institutions, elections, and judicial system must be respected. Please share this story. Show people the videos of Bolsonaro supporters praying around a tire. The world needs to understand how far this movement has departed from reality. And most importantly, why the United States should never become a refuge from accountability or a platform for undermining Brazilian democracy. 🇧🇷 Brazil’s sovereignty is not negotiable.