Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tweets obscene video, draws widespread condemnation
Bolsonaro made the post Tuesday night criticizing Carnival. Many conservatives detest Brazil's Carnival celebrations, seeing them as heathen. And the far-right president himself was one of the main targets of revelers' mockery this week's Carnival, a time when samba schools and organizers of thousands of street parties traditionally take politicians to task.
Bolsonaro wrote, “I feel uncomfortable showing it, but we have to expose the truth for the population to know and always make its priorities.” Others jumped in to defend Bolsonaro, arguing that children shouldn't be allowed on Twitter anyway and that the president was just showing how debased Carnival celebrations had become.
As a congressman for 28 years, Bolsonaro frequently made disparaging comments about gays, women, indigenous groups and blacks.
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