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The Guardian reports:
Thousands of hardcore supporters of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, have stormed the country’s congress, presidential palace and supreme court in a stunning security breach that was immediately compared to the 6 January invasion of the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump in 2021.
“What we are witnessing is a terrorist attack,” the news anchor Erick Bang announced on the GloboNews television network as word of the upheaval spread. “The three buildings have been invaded by coup-mongering terrorists.”
Shocking video footage showed the pro-Bolsonaro militants sprinting up the ramp into the Palácio do Planalto, the presidential offices, roaming the building’s corridors and vandalising the nearby supreme court, whose windows had been smashed.
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Mais imagens de destruição dentro do Palácio do Planalto. pic.twitter.com/T4X9IM3Qv8
— Metrópoles (@Metropoles) January 8, 2023
All eyes need to be on Brazil right now. Democracy is completely under attack. Bolsonaro supporters are invading Congress, the presidential
palace, and realms of power in Brazil.
Unbelievable scenes.— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) January 8, 2023
BREAKING: Bolsonaro supporters break into the National Congress in Brazil pic.twitter.com/EHyEbqf2FE
— BNO News (@BNONews) January 8, 2023
The videos coming from Brazil, as fascist Bolsonaro supporters storm their Capitol, Supreme Court, and Presidential palace, are just incredibly similar to January 6th pic.twitter.com/E2AuGr7LfE
— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) January 8, 2023
Trump did so much to erode democracy in America that we forget how much he did to undermine democracy abroad. He gave strongmen license to refuse to recognize legitimate votes, and their supporters are now using Jan 6 as a blueprint.
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) January 8, 2023
“It looks very, very close to what happened to the United States on January 6th.”
Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro breached security barriers and gained access to Brazil’s congressional building, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, images show. pic.twitter.com/iGOi9U01wY
— CNN (@CNN) January 8, 2023
The Planalto Palace, considered an architectural jewel by late Oscar Niemeyer and home to .@LulaOficial, is being destroyed by deranged Bolsonaro followers, mockingly known in #Brazil as “Bolsominions” pic.twitter.com/s9HZtnLM6S
— Robert Valencia (@rvalentwit) January 8, 2023
#Brazil ??: pretty intense footage coming out of the capital #Brasilia where #Bolsonaro supporters are trying to recreate #Jan6 by storming thr National Assembly.
Sadly for them the democratically elected #Lula has already been inaugurated as president. pic.twitter.com/Dw7HaBh3b3
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) January 8, 2023
#Brazil’s Supreme Court a few minutes ago, stormed by Bolsonaro fans.
Meanwhile, @jairbolsonaro is basking in Florida’s balmy weather and greasy KFC. pic.twitter.com/aJAV80Z57v
— Robert Valencia (@rvalentwit) January 8, 2023
?#BREAKING: #Bolsonaro supporters singing the national anthem in the Senate chamber, of the National Congress in #Brasilia, #Brazil, after they forced their way into the building. pic.twitter.com/m5apkKeTbj
— Breaking News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) January 8, 2023
BREAKING ??: Evidence suggests that the Brasilia insurrection may have been planned in Florida. Secretary of Security for the Federal District is in the USA and recently traveled to Orlando — exactly where Jair Bolsonaro is currently staying.https://t.co/bm0ZrqOaVQ
— David Adler (@davidrkadler) January 8, 2023
Breaking news: Thousands of radical backers of Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro breached and vandalized the presidential office building, congress and the Supreme Court on Sunday, and sought to enter other halls of power. https://t.co/A9srxb6KMT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2023
Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke through security barriers in the capital of Brasilia and invaded Congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace https://t.co/z8QBQuMevD pic.twitter.com/ocvkb9MezC
— Bloomberg (@business) January 8, 2023