“Should democracy really have to coexist with someone who threatens it [...]? He uses his immunity to explicitly threaten ending democracy in the country while defending heinous crimes.”

— Jair Bolsonaro

Journalist Míriam Leitão https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/miriam-leitao/post/democracia-brasileira-e-ameacada-por-bolsonaro.html on 18 April 2016. Conservative’s Star Rises in Brazil as Polarizing Views Tap Into Discontent https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/world/americas/conservatives-star-rises-in-brazil-as-polarizing-views-tap-into-discontent.html. The New York Times (7 May 2016).

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