A violent mob, full of people who refuse to believe their presidential candidate lost, stormed their nation’s capital on a January day of fury. But this time it wasn’t in Washington, D.C. On Sunday (Jan. 8), thousands of supporters of now-former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ransacked multiple government buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace. The attack, which occurred just a week after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, came after months of protests and claims of election fraud by Bolsonaro’s supporters after the close presidential vote in October.
Christian Nationalism Invades Brazil
A violent mob, full of people who refuse to believe their presidential candidate lost, stormed their nation’s capital on a January day of fury. But this time it wasn’t in Washington, D.C. On Sunday (Jan. 8), thousands of supporters of now-former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ransacked multiple government buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace. The attack, which occurred just a week after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, came after months of protests and claims of election fraud by Bolsonaro’s supporters after the close presidential vote in October.