Brazil Imports American Election Denialism.

January 10, 2023 Glen Turpening

Brazil is importing American election denial and with citizens rioting in the nation’s capital.

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What makes Sunday’s violence and destruction in Brasilia so deeply shocking is that we saw it here first. Instead of serving as a model of democracy, the United States has given the world lessons in denying election results and stoking popular disappointment into nihilistic rage. Sign up for a weekly roundup of thought-provoking ideas and debates It was impossible to witness the trashing of Brazil’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court and not immediately think of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Both uprisings followed presidential elections in which far-right populists refused to acknowledge their defeats. Both involved planning and organization. Both saw the desecration of buildings that are sacred symbols of national identity and pride — and vicious, bloody attacks against police officers struggling vainly to keep the peace.

By Eugene Robinson writing for 'The Washington Post'

American Democracy and the way it is perceived around the World took a major hit with the Capitol Insurrection that took place on January 6th. The repercussions are being felt around the World with citizens questioning their own democracies which lends itself to conspiracy theories swirling around election results. Irresponsible actors keep perpetrating hoax theories potentially undermining load bearing walls upon which the legitimacy of elections are based. Brazil is the latest but will not be the last.