After losing the Brazilian election, Trump-backed candidate Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil for Miami, Florida. He left secretly after officials ordered him to hand over his passport in a money-laundering case. The Miami Herald reported the Brazilian Senator faces criminal investigations. Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami Wednesday, days after the election.
Flávio, the oldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, lost Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won about 52% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48%. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Lula da Silva.
A source told The New York Times that the U.S. State Department issued visas to Bolsonaro and his family. The report said Bolsonaro arrived at a private airport near Miami with his family on Wednesday. The group quickly got into a vehicle after leaving the airport, hidden under umbrellas.
So it appears immigrants from South America are bad and need to be put into concentration camps…unless they are friends of the Trump administration? Did I get that right?
Americans Not Named Trump Are Angry
Americans are angry about the Trump administration rolling out the red carpet for Flávio Bolsonaro and family. Below are a few of the many reactions to Trump's friends' arrival in America.
Congressman Mike Levin tweeted:
"Our country should never be a hiding place for the powerful running from accountability.
Flavio Bolsonaro lost Brazil's presidential election on Sunday by more than four million votes. A day later, Brazilian authorities ordered him to surrender his passports in a money laundering investigation.
Instead, he slipped across the border and flew to Miami on a private jet arranged by the Trump administration, reportedly at Trump’s own direction, with a fast-tracked green card coming soon.
This is a disgrace.
Millions of families wait years, some for decades, to follow the rules and earn a green card. Handing Trump’s political ally a shortcut around his own country's courts is morally bankrupt.
Congress needs answers. Who ordered this, and what was promised in return?"
