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After Capitol insurrection, Bolsonaro reaffirms Trump ties
The world watched live as an angry mob — instigated by outgoing President Donald Trump — stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from formally declaring the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. Many saw the images of mayhem in Washington as a warning to global democracies, and even ultranationalist leaders such as Italy’s Matteo Salvini and India’s Narendra Modi condemned the use of violence.
The Center for Systemic Peace’s Polity V score, one of the most common measures of democracy, downgraded the U.S. to an “anocracy” (not a democracy) and noted yesterday’s events as an “attempted (presidential) coup.”
- In Brazil, however, President Jair Bolsonaro chose to reiterate his support for Mr. Trump, and once again voiced unproven claims of voter fraud in the U.S. election.
What he said. When asked by a supporter to comment on the insurrection in Washington, Mr. Bolsonaro answered: “I followed everything today. You know I’m connected to Trump, right? So you already know my answer.” He added that “there were a...