Statement by President Joe Biden Congratulating Luiz Incio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil

[Judi Lynn]

Source: White House



BRIEFING ROOM
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

I send my congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next president of Brazil following free, fair, and credible elections. I look forward to working together to continue the cooperation between our two countries in the months and years ahead.



Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/30/statement-by-president-joe-biden-congratulating-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-as-president-of-brazil/

[Judi Lynn]

1. Lula Is Elected President of Brazil

Former president's victory for an unprecedented third term ends fierce election marked by polarization

Oct.30.2022 8:20PM

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil again. The PT leader won the second round of the presidential dispute, held this Sunday (30), by defeating the current chief executive, Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the first president to fail to be reelected.

According to data from the calculation carried out by the TSE (Supreme Electoral Court), Lula has 50,83% of the valid votes, against 49,17% of the current president of the republic.

When Lula, 77, takes office in January, he will be the oldest holder of the position in history. It will be his third mandate in the government, which he led for two terms (2003-2010).

After the highly unusual 2018 campaign, when Brazilians elected an obscure federal deputy with a radical right-wing discourse in reaction to the current implosion of the traditional party system, this time the majority of the electorate sought comfort in a well-known figure.

More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2022/10/lula-is-elected-president-of-brazil.shtml

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Sweet!

[SheltieLover]

3. Yaaaaaay!

Ty for the great news!

[Judi Lynn]

10. Thank you! The world needs Lula, too. He intends to save the Amazon.

Great day, SheltieLover.

[SheltieLover]

15. So glad to hear this!

Ty!

[walkingman]

23. Their is hope....

[certainot]

25. now biden admin needs to make sure the republican assholes can't undermine lula, as usual

when populists win in countries south of the border

[Judi Lynn]

4. Jair Bolsonaro becomes first sitting president in Brazil to lose re-election bid

Published on Oct 31, 2022 05:11 AM IST
Brazil Election 2022: Hardline far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro also called the “Trump of the Tropics” surged to victory four years ago.




Brazil Election 2022: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro.(Reuters)

Jair Bolsonaro lost the presidential runoff election to Lulu on Monday becoming the first president since the 1990s to be voted out of office. As Bolsonaro was rejected at the ballot box, all presidents who attempted a second term before him were voted back in by the electorate.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 1998, Lula himself in 2006 and Dilma Rousseff in 2014 all had won a second four-year term. Electoral officials declared the election for Lula, who had 51 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Jair Bolsonaro.

Hardline far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro also called the “Trump of the Tropics” surged to victory four years ago and was very popular but the vitriolic leader came under fire for his disastrous handling of the Covid pandemic which left more than 680,000 dead in Brazil.

Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil saw a weak economy, attacks on democratic institutions and the worst deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 15 years. Many fear that Jair Bolsonaro might not accept his defeat in the elections follwing his political role model former US president Donald Trump.

More:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/brazil-election-2022-jair-bolsonaro-becomes-first-sitting-president-in-brazil-to-lose-re-election-bid-101667170074975.html

[speak easy]

21. I needed this point of light in these dark times.

Thank you Judy.

[Judi Lynn]

30. Same here, speak easy! Thank you!

[mobeau69]

5. Thank God! Good work Brazil!

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Maybe Brazil will get some responsible governance for a change. Good news. nt

[hlthe2b]

7. Trumpist/MAGATS are going to have a melt down.

Works for me.

[SheltieLover]

16. +1,000!

[patphil]

24. Works for me also. Bolsonaro was cut from the same cloth as TFG.

One less right wing jackass in power.
Is Putin next? All he has to do is keep failing in Ukraine and...

[Cha]

8. Excellent statement form PJB.. that's

what happened here in 2020!

[Mr.Bill]

9. Does anyone know what the polls were predicting

in that election?

[Judi Lynn]

11. Brazil's largest poll has projected Lula!

Brazilian pollster Datafolha projects Lula to win presidential vote
1 minute read
October 30, 20225:15 PM CDT Last Updated 20 min ago

Reuters

SAO PAULO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian pollster Datafolha on Sunday projected former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will win the country's presidential election on Sunday, based on the ongoing tally of a runoff vote against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-pollster-datafolha-projects-lula-win-presidential-vote-2022-10-30/

[Mr.Bill]

13. Sorry, I wasn't clear

but I meant in the weeks/days leading up to it.

[Judi Lynn]

32. He was far ahead by all the polls I've seen. No doubt it was driving Bobonario insane.

Brazil’s Polls Were Wrong. Now the Right Wants to Criminalize Them.

President Jair Bolsonaro and conservative lawmakers in Brazil are trying to make it illegal to publish polls that later do not match the election results.

By André Spigariol and Jack Nicas
Oct. 24, 2022

BRASÍLIA — In the first round of Brazil’s closely watched elections this month, the polls were off the mark. They significantly underestimated the support for the far-right incumbent, President Jair Bolsonaro, and other conservative candidates across the country.

Many on the right were furious, criticizing the pollsters as out of touch with the Brazilian electorate. That response was expected. What happened next was not. At the urging of Mr. Bolsonaro, some of Brazil’s leaders are now trying to make it a crime to incorrectly forecast an election.

Brazil’s House of Representatives has fast-tracked a bill that would criminalize publishing a poll that is later shown to fall outside its margin of error. The House, which is controlled by Mr. Bolsonaro’s allies, is expected to vote and pass the measure in the coming days.
The bill’s final shape and fate is unclear. House leaders have suggested they may soften the legislation, and its prospects in the Senate, where opponents of Mr. Bolsonaro are in the majority, appear far less certain.

Still, whatever the measure’s fate, the proposal and other efforts to investigate pollsters for their recent miscalculations are part of a broader narrative pushed by Mr. Bolsonaro and his allies, without evidence, that Brazil’s political establishment and the left are trying to rig the election against him.

More:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/world/americas/brazil-election-polls-criminalization.html

[Carlitos Brigante]

12. Bolsonaro losing by a much wider margin than he actually lost by. nt

[Mr.Bill]

14. Thanks. n/t

[Carlitos Brigante]

17. My pleasure. The final numbers are actually quite worrying. nt

[paleotn]

29. They are, but.....

they're also the product of Bolsonaro's attempts at voter intimidation and keeping people from the polls. Despite all the bullshit, Lula still won. I'll take it. My better half has friends down there and it's amazing the bullshit Bolsonaro has pulled. Not unlike what we're seeing in the states.

[Judi Lynn]

33. Wish our corporate media would lower itself to tell the truth about Bolsonaro here! Thanks. ⭐️

[Carlitos Brigante]

35. Been reading about those. I hope serious investigations will go

forward. The next step is to flip the congress. Which won't happen any time soon.

[J_William_Ryan]

18. A victory in the war against neo-fascism.

But the fight is far from over.

[mcar]

19. Excellent news!

[IronLionZion]

20. Sweet! Hope this is a good sign for Dems in the US next

This is the time for the pendulum to swing left

[dweller]

22. 👍

+1000




✌🏻

[Warpy]

26. I wish Bolsonaro would concede gracefully

but to say I'm not optimistic is a gross understatement.

One wannabe Mussolini asshole down, many more to go.

Congratulations, Brazil!

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. This is why it was important for President Biden to make this public call sooner rather than later

[Richard D]

27. The Axis of evil is weakening.

Trump - check
Bolsonaro - check

Next up (in no particular order) :

Putin
Orban
Kim
Maduro

[Tarc]

28. Bolsonaro's factions still control their Congress, though.

It will be difficult to get much done, but at least fascism at the top has been ditched, for now.

[Uncle Joe]

31. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Judi Lynn

[Judi Lynn]

34. Thank you, Uncle Joe. 👋

[GreenWave]

37. The behemoth of the North has spoken.

And Bolsonaro had best listen.

That aside, South America and the World need a progressive Brasil.

[burrowowl]

38. Here's hoping Lulu can still do some good for the climate and the people!

He has a difficult row to hoe.