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SimmonsReqNDA4Sex t1_iu21gga wrote

I'm surprised Silva would even be able to win. I would have thought Bolsonaro would have done everything he could to cheat or make voting harder. If he loses will he try not to leave?

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black-op345 t1_iu222ck wrote

Oh he’s definitely going to pull a Donald Trump and contest the election on baseless claims if he loses.

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white111 t1_iu26rey wrote

Probably : "He’s stated that only God could remove him from office and has for most of his four years in government sought to undermine institutions that impose checks and balances on his powers. He has repeatedly cast doubt about the reliability of the country’s electronic voting system, even claiming without proof that the 2018 election was rigged against him because he didn’t win in the first round." - Washington Post.

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lolpostslol t1_iu42kzt wrote

He’s more on the “we got cheated” side like Trump. The current supreme courts were largely appointed by Lula’s party in the past and have taken some actually questionable action against Bolsonaro propaganda, which gave him ammunition to go back to a discourse of questioning the election. To be fair, before the courts acted to reduce his screen time and censor opposing media, he was turning the tables to win the election, so court action was pretty obviously politically motivated (and might have been worth it for the PT).

Rhetoric aside this is the only thing that is ACTUALLY at stake in this election, SC justice appointments: if Lula wins he’ll have full control of the top-level legal system again, if Bolsonaro wins he’ll have some control. Either will try to eliminate the other using this.

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manhachuvosa t1_iu4ntd4 wrote

Lol Bolsonaro supporters really live in an alternate reality.

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Hikorijas t1_iu66ld8 wrote

Bolsonaro is the one wanting to do like Venezuela and increase the numbers of STF ministers to have the majority lol

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