Recently ousted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he will return to his home country and lead his people in opposition against the country’s new leader, leftist convicted criminal Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The former right wing South American firebrand reportedly plans to “defend himself against accusations he incited attacks by protesters on government buildings last month,” according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Speaking in his first interview since leaving Brazil last year after a controversial election loss to Da Silva, Bolsonaro said “The right-wing movement is not dead and will live on.”
Bolsonaro plans to work with his supporters in the Brazilian Congress and state governments in support of “pro-business policies,” anti-abortion efforts, gun rights, and family values.

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After the contentious presidential election, Bolsonaro refused to concede. However, he has since limited his criticisms of the election results, noting that “Losing is part of the electoral process.”
“I’m not saying there was fraud, but the process was biased,” Bolsonaro added.
Bolsonaro’s opponent allegedly won the election with 50.9% of the vote, a result that has been recognized by the Biden administration, but rejected by the former president’s supporters — who claim that the race was plagued with voter fraud and other election discrepancies.
The South American leader had issued a motion to the electoral court aiming to invalidate roughly 250,000 votes from some electronic voting machines over issues that took place during the election, a move which ultimately fell short.
As the presidential transition took place, massive crowds of Brazilian citizens took to the streets in protest of what they believed was a fraudulent election and called for military action to redress it.
“The people were with me, the agribusiness was with me, most of the evangelicals were with me, the industry was with me, gun owners were with me,” he said.

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In the end, Bolsonaro ceded power and flew to Florida, where he lived peacefully and could be seen in various videos grocery shopping and eating at fast food restaurants.
Supporters of the former president stormed the nation’s capital buildings in Brasilia in January, leading the current administration and western media pundits to cast the blame on Bolsonaro. He has denied any involvement in the capital riot, which has been likened to a South American “January 6.”
“I wasn’t even there, and they want to pin it on me!” he said. “Coup? What coup? Where was the commander? Where were the troops, where were the bombs?”
