‘Trump Of The Tropics’ Family Shocks The Left In Major Elections

The son of Right-wing former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro advanced to a presidential runoff election against leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday as Latin American countries continue their shift to the Right. 

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro earned 47% of the vote to Lula’s 45% in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election as a plurality of voters rejected the leftist incumbent who co-founded the socialist Workers’ Party. The race will go to a runoff election on October 25 since no candidate won over 50%. 

“The word is change,” Bolsonaro said. “It’s the end of the era of the Workers’ Party.”

Bolsonaro is expected to win in the second round of voting as most of the votes that did not go to him or Lula went to right-wing candidates who are not advancing. The results defied the predictions of Brazil’s pollsters who expected Lula to win. 

“The second round is the ultimate test,” Lula said. “Starting tomorrow, we begin a new campaign.”

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro; Credit: Pablo PORCIUNCULA and Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP via Getty Images.

Lula narrowly defeated Jair Bolsonaro to win the presidency in 2022 after a judge cleared the way for him to run after his conviction in a money laundering and bribery scheme centered around a state-owned oil company during his previous time in office. One of the judges who upheld the voiding of Lula’s convictions on a technicality later was appointed to a key cabinet position. 

After Lula’s election, Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison after he was accused of staging a coup for challenging the results of the election. Bolsonaro was a close ally of President Donald Trump who was tough on crime, supported free market economic policies, and opposed COVID lockdowns.

Bolsonaro’s family has since taken up the political mantle. In addition to his son advancing to the presidential run-off, both his wife Michelle and son Carlos won Senate seats. Another son, Jair Renan, was elected as a federal deputy as was Bolsonaro’s brother Renato. Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo currently lives in the United States after Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced him to over four years in prison for allegedly attempting to get American officials to intervene in his father’s criminal case. 

Trump weighed in on the Brazilian election results, praising the swift counting of the votes. 

“125 Million People voted today in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential Election,” he posted on Truth Social. “The results came out shortly after the vote closed, on the SAME DAY! In Detroit, Philadelphia, California, and numerous other U.S. Cities and States, the results, with much smaller numbers, will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate. Voting in America is CORRUPT!”

In recent years, Latin America has shifted politically with the ascension of Right-wing leaders in Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

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