Steven BeschlossThe failure of the new House Speaker and the Senate Minority Leader to condemn the violent, anti-democratic coup attempt in Brazil is despicable.
Zorro Notorious MEB 😡@StevenBeschloss Isn't Bolsonaro in Florida? Has he formally applied for political asylum?
EarthOne@AlgoCompSynth @StevenBeschloss Bolsonaro's son is there, too, conspiring with Trump, Bannon, and Steve Miller, who should be in prison here in the US by now. If we only had a DOJ that operated "without fear or favor." Ha.
Authorities probe who was behind uprising in Brazil capital
Brazilian authorities say they are looking into who may have been behind the shocking uprising that sent protesters storming into the nation’s halls of power in a riot that had striking similarities to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In an unprecedented display for Latin America’s largest nation, thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro swarmed into Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday. Many of them said they wanted the Brazilian army to restore the far-right Bolsonaro to power and oust the newly inaugurated leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Chuck Berray@StevenBeschloss Yet 100% not surprising at all.
OSCrane@StevenBeschloss This does assume they weren't watching the TV with stars in their eyes and daydreaming about round two here in the States.
@martlund 🌲🐶🇸🇪🇨🇱🌈@StevenBeschloss What do we expect from the asshats who supported tRUMP and his coup?
George Liquor, American@StevenBeschloss ...and predictable
72mz@StevenBeschloss It's no surprise that despicable people do despicable things
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺@StevenBeschloss Also, alas, totally unsurprising.
@StevenBeschloss And of course, with the failure of our DOJ to do a thing to curtail the US terrorists who are sparking this internationally, as well as here in the US, look who shows up front and center in the Bolsonaro insurrection:
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-government-8766c0ad2fcc4ae7c8bf1aa7f9aaa0ec
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-government-8766c0ad2fcc4ae7c8bf1aa7f9aaa0ec
Authorities probe who was behind uprising in Brazil capital
Brazilian authorities say they are looking into who may have been behind the shocking uprising that sent protesters storming into the nation’s halls of power in a riot that had striking similarities to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In an unprecedented display for Latin America’s largest nation, thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro swarmed into Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday. Many of them said they wanted the Brazilian army to restore the far-right Bolsonaro to power and oust the newly inaugurated leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Jeffrey Chesner@StevenBeschloss They have more important issues to tackle; like reducing the number of IRS agents, and investigating Hunter Biden.
GTinNC@StevenBeschloss It’s INTENTIONAL Steve. Words matter. The #GOP supports violent, fascist attacks on democracy. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would have brought more guns. It’s important to call things as they are.
Mary Austin@StevenBeschloss But so on brand, ya know?
Srinivasan Rajaraman@StevenBeschloss you must know about GOP by now. It's not a legitimate political party. It's a criminal organization.
JoeKoffee@StevenBeschloss Just the beginning of two long, grinding years of despicablenessitude. 😡
DebiM61@StevenBeschloss McCarthy doesn’t give a damn about Brazil! Failure #1. He is more worried about destroying OUR democracy.
CarolinaBeachinGirl910@StevenBeschloss can’t expect a bunch of traitors to do anything more
Jason Odell 📷@StevenBeschloss but completely predictable
Kansas Grant@StevenBeschloss As I read that sentence, I thought it was going to end with "predictable."
Lonewolf@StevenBeschloss why would they?
They are jealous
They are jealous
rrogers@StevenBeschloss
Did you expect anything else? I expect emergency relief money for the KKK (for being persecuted) any day now.
Did you expect anything else? I expect emergency relief money for the KKK (for being persecuted) any day now.
Neil A. Evans@StevenBeschloss And yet entirely expected.
La NégresseAlways remember that the national leadership of every country reflects the social mores and culture of the people whom it governs.
Woozle Hypertwin@StevenBeschloss ...but completely unsurprising. The Republicans have been the Party of Despicable for quite awhile now.
Elizabeth Moore🇨🇦@StevenBeschloss If they wouldn’t do it in the USA, why would they do it for Brazil?
EatTheRude
Ali Van Zee@StevenBeschloss they see them as brothers in arms!
J.H.NoyesThe timing of the attack appears to coordinate with the change in speakership, so I'm not at all surprised. Having Bolsonaro in the United States as a guest of the GOP is making Biden look real weak, too.
Aviva Gary@StevenBeschloss And predictable.
If you don't like democracy at home, you aren't going to like it abroad...
Michael Markman@StevenBeschloss Agreed. But you know who did condemn the Brazil coup attempt? This guy:
George Santos
@Santos4Congress
"The violence in Brazil is not the way to achieve anything, I vehemently condemn the acts of violence and vandalism displayed in Brasilia today"
https://twitter.com/Santos4Congress/status/1612216242315882496?s=20&t=f1AeXa67fmzK9_rPigMnPA
George Santos
@Santos4Congress
"The violence in Brazil is not the way to achieve anything, I vehemently condemn the acts of violence and vandalism displayed in Brasilia today"
https://twitter.com/Santos4Congress/status/1612216242315882496?s=20&t=f1AeXa67fmzK9_rPigMnPA
William Robison@StevenBeschloss it also tells volumes of what they have planned for the future.
Bleak Future@StevenBeschloss @TomWellborn what does condemnation from the right look like?
“We deeply regret that Brazil is full of a bunch of copycatters!” ?
costrike@StevenBeschloss Yet unsurprising.