Offensive things Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro has said
- ‘I wouldn’t rape you because you don’t deserve it’, is just one
Brazilian politics lurched to the far right Sunday after congressman Jair Bolsonaro won the presidency of Latin America’s largest nation. Bolsonaro, 63, is a former army captain who has appalled critics and thrilled supporters over his views on abortion, the environment, immigration, race, women and more.
He won with a promise to restore law and order and prioritise family values. Conservative Michel Temer has led Brazil for the last two years. His relatively brief tenure follows the impeachment of left wing President Dilma Rousseff.
Bolsonaro is a pro-gun, pro-torture, small-government politician who said he is “in favour of dictatorship”.
He has been charged with hate speech by Brazil’s attorney general and was stabbed and nearly died while campaigning for the presidency.
Here’s what else Bolsonaro has said:
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“Since I was a bachelor at the time, I used the money to have sex with people.”