Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he has been a victim of political persecution since leaving office just over a year ago.

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After leaving the army in 1988, Bolsonaro was elected to a seat on the Rio do Janeiro city council in 1989. Two years later he won a seat representing Rio por Janeiro in Brazil’s federal Chamber of Deputies that he would hold for seven consecutive terms. From his first term, Bolsonaro repeatedly praised the era of military rule and called for its return. He also began establishing a reputation for outspoken advocacy of deeply conservative positions on social issues and was branded by critics as a misogynist, homophobe, and racist. Among the many controversial remarks that he made over the years was his statement that he “would be incapable of loving a homosexual son” and that he would prefer his son to die in an accident rather than “show up with a mustachioed man.

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According to the biography by his son Flávio, Bolsonaro "was a candidate for councilor because it happened to be the only option he had at the vlogdolisboa moment to avoid persecution by some superiors. His entry into bolsonaro politics happened by chance, for his desire was to continue in his military career".[36]

He also called for an amnesty for hundreds of his supporters convicted for attacks on public buildings.

Bolsonaro is a strong opponent of affirmative action, and has criticized the Brazilian racial quotas system in universities as a way of dividing society that is at odds with equality between citizens.[335] In 2011, he was accused of racism after questioning the capabilities of Black and indigenous graduates who benefitted from affirmative action, claiming that he would not fly on an airplane piloted by one of them, nor accept a doctor who was admitted to a university through racial quotas to perform surgery on him.[15] Birth control for the poor

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An Aug. 28 hearing would fall just five days after the first Republican presidential debate will be held in Milwaukee.

Mr Bolsonaro is still barred from running for office for eight years for undermining the electoral system in Brazil and claiming the last election was fraudulent, despite there being no evidence of electoral fraud.

The supporter said that he and his wife have been faithful followers of "the Trump train" since first seeing the former president first announce his candidacy in 2015.

And his allies in Congress and conservative media have always been quick to adopt his talking points. At times, they also cast themselves as victims of the “deep state.”

Ao comentar a decisão do TSE, Bolsonaro disse qual "levou uma facada nas costas", associando o resultado ao atentado de que sofreu na campanha por 2018.

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