Brazilian mayoral candidate hits opponent with a chair during live debate

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Brazilian mayoral candidate hits opponent with a chair during live debate
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"I'M THE MAYOR NOW, BROTHER!"

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Finally.

An appropriate opportunity for a headline writer to use the word ‘slammed’ and they went with ‘hit?’

JFC

Whoever was controlling the camera needs to be fired.

That had one job to do, and they totally screwed it up!

There has to be better footage of this. Portrait mode? Not steady? Not looking the right direction? What is this, Amateur Hour?!

I've already booked my ticket, because I'll be damned if I'll let something as lame as not being a Brazilian citizen, prevent me from casting 1,273 votes for this man, our hero.

Unless it comes out that he was with Bolsanro during his infamous visit to the brothel full of underage Venezuelan girls...

But anything short of that, I stand with him.

More American than America

In case you guys dont know, Brazil is part of America

It's part of the Americas, and more specifically South America, but just America typically refers to the US.

... Had to be Datena.

Is he a recruit from the WWE or something?

I wish. He's an asshole TV host whose show thrives on sensationalizing crime and tragedy. The other guy is also an asshole and a massively controversial noveau riche who, in the past, said Datena wasn't man enough to hit him... So he had it coming lol.

in the past, said Datena wasn’t man enough to hit him

He said it, several times just before Datena hitting him.

I'm for the first time glad that Datena is so very right-wing and reactionary, if he was even center-right the corporate media would already be screaming that 'the left / the communists are violent, authoritarian, dictatorial and do not deserve human rights'.