lolpostslol t1_iu42kzt wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:17 PM

Reply to comment by SimmonsReqNDA4Sex in Leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has widened slightly three days from Brazil's polarizing presidential runoff election, according to a poll published Thursday. Lula has 53 percent voter support to 47 percent for Bolsonaro by DoremusJessup

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.

manhachuvosa t1_iu4ntd4 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:59 PM

Lol Bolsonaro supporters really live in an alternate reality.

Hikorijas t1_iu66ld8 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:10 PM

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