Brazillian President Jair Bolsonaro Boards an Airplane, and … It Does Not Go Well

Colby HallJun 14th, 2021, 9:24 am
 
JAIR BOLSONARO

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Brazillian President Jair Bolsonaro boarded a commercial flight on Friday of last week and was immediately greeted with a chorus of heckling and extended middle fingers. The Brazilian president was also called a “genocider” according to reports. A recent video of the incident just went viral, which you can see below:

Bolsonaro is a controversial political figure in Brazil, particularly for what many see as his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic over the past year and a half.  The Daily News writes:

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said hello to passengers on a commercial flight Friday, but was roundly ridiculed from the back of the flight while posing with supporters up front.

The so-called “Tropical Trump” was visiting the coastal state of Espirito Santo and popped into the flight before its departure, Agence France-Presse reported.

You can see the footage promoted by President Bolsonaro himself, which presents a very different reception than that from the passengers in the back of the plane which went viral:

https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1403427716154769409?s=20

According to AFP, Bolsinaro responded to the heckling “Those people saying ‘Get out, Bolsonaro’ should be traveling by donkey.”

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