Biden, Brazil and Bolsonaro: Claims of Election Interference
Again, she's still at
the State Department.
So it does make you
wonder what we've been doing in Brazil.
The Biden administration hated
the last president of Brazil
for political reasons,
ideological reasons,
reasons that had
nothing to do with what
was in America's best
interest, but had everything
to do with the silly
lifestyle liberalism that
determines their worldview.
So last year, our CIA director,
William Burns, traveled to Brazil,
and while there
warned top officials
that Bolsonaro could not
contest the election
results no matter
what. Wait a second.
Why would the CIA chief be in
Brazil lecturing them about their
elections? Isn't that interfering in election? Oh, yes,
it is.
Then months after that
visit from the head of our CIA,
Brazil's Supreme
Court ordered the indefinite
detention of several Bolsonaro
supporters without a trial.
What did they do wrong? What was their crime?
They, quote,
"Attacked Brazil's institutions in their
private communications."
They undermined
confidence in election
integrity, so they had to go to prison.
It's shocking, and the most shocking part
is not simply that there's corruption in
a Latin American country. That's par.
The shocking part is that the Biden administration
is abetting it and reinforcing
it and trying to do the same thing here.
We saw a preview of this in
the United States after January 6th.
What's happening in Brazil now is
an escalation, and once again,
the Biden
administration endorses it, has a hand in it.
Within hours of a contested election,
people have been banned from talking about
it. Street violence is breaking out naturally,
so-called election deniers are
being killed. Why would you imagine any other
outcome? In
the absence of transparency, what
fills the void? Conspiracy theories.
If you want people to believe the
truth, tell them the
truth. Stop hiding things.
That's not a functioning democracy.
In a functioning democracy, you're
not simply allowed to raise
questions about
elections, you're encouraged to.
You're encouraged
to because it's your government.
There's no such thing as
election denying in a free society.
It's called free speech.
You're allowed to say it if you think it,
period.
And
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