Brazilian President Jair M. Bolsonaro tweeted out this explicit video from Carnival showing one man urinating on the head of another man in a jock strap saying “we have to expose the truth to the population” and “this is what has turned many street blocks in the Brazilian carnival.”
(Translation via Twitter: I don’t feel comfortable showing it, but we have to expose the truth to the population knowing and always taking their priorities. This is what has turned many street blocks in the Brazilian carnival. Comment and remove your conclusions:)
EXPLICIT VIDEO WARNING:
Não me sinto confortável em mostrar, mas temos que expor a verdade para a população ter conhecimento e sempre tomar suas prioridades. É isto que tem virado muitos blocos de rua no carnaval brasileiro. Comentem e tirem suas conslusões: pic.twitter.com/u0qbPu9sie
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) March 5, 2019
Later on, he tweeted, “What is a golden shower?”
O que é golden shower?
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) March 6, 2019
Well, libs on Twitter did want to see a pee-pee tape:
Anyway, the real news here is that the long-elusive pee-pee video has finally been found, albeit in an unlikely place and in an unlikely form: in @JairBolsonaro's private video stash, which he shared with millions of Brazilians youngsters on Twitter https://t.co/d6F50zKfxi
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 6, 2019
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We don’t speak Portuguese, but it doesn’t look like the video had the desired effect:
Lol like one hundred million Brazilians just replied "yikes" and "this ain't it chief" to one of their president's tweets
— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) March 6, 2019
And – scanning the replies it seems that (and this is rare!) not many of his followers are willing to jump on board with his bizarre attempt to disqualify *Carnaval in Brazil* based on one isolated scene of debauchery that he was able to find on the internet
— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) March 6, 2019
And why would he embarrass his own country like this?
Above all else, Carnival is one of Brazil's most important cultural events: vital to attracting tourism, which Brazil's economy desperately needs. It's bizarre that the President would try to denigrate it in the eyes of the world: all because it contained protests against him.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 6, 2019
Apparently, this year’s Carnival was supposed to be an “in-your-face” protest of Bolsonaro’s policies. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:
Amid a conservative wave that brought far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to power, this year's Carnival in Rio will feature irreverent, in-your-face parades highlighting the role of women, blacks and indigenous people in Brazilhttps://t.co/q0lJZiY5Xa
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 1, 2019
Well, they’re paying attention now:
At this year's Carnival, Rio’s revelers paid little mind to their new killjoy-in-chief, says @MacMargolis https://t.co/OkQsW29jDx via @bopinion
— Bloomberg (@business) March 5, 2019
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