Donald Trump’s former black monk is largely responsible for the Republican victory in 2016, Steve Bannon, the American far-right publicist, proposed to ignore the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s ballot with Jair Bolsonaro.
“It is not possible that the result of the electronic ballot boxes is correct, it is necessary urn by urn audit, Although this takes six months, during that time the president (Bolsonaro) should not agree to leave “the government, Bannon said, told the Folhapress agency.
Lula was the winner of the ballot with 50.9% of the preferences (60,345,999 votes) against 49.1% (58,206,354 votes) obtained by the far-right president.
Connections with Bolsonaro
Bannon served as Trump’s advisor and gave the guidelines for Bolsonaro’s election campaign in 2018, when began a political relationship with Eduardo Bolsonaroson of the president.
Bannon did not say whether he spoke to Bolsonaro or his son, but said: “I’m sure they are listening to my voice.”
According to Lula, experts related to the American publicist they would go to Brasilia to collaborate in the recent Bolsonaro campaign.
Bannon was recently sentenced to four months in prison. out of contemptaccusation for which he was sentenced on July 22 for obstructing the investigation of the parliamentary commission that analyzes the responsibilities regarding the assault on the Capitol, which took place on January 6, 2021.
In addition, he had already been arrested in August 2020 for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors with a campaign to attract funds for the construction of the wall with Mexico; one of the pillars of the Trump administration.
The “alt-right”
66 years old, former director of the Breitbart news news site – call the spokesperson “Alt right” or “alt-right” – Bannon had been a key man in Trump’s election campaign and was considered the most “hawkish” and nationalist member of his cabinet.
A virulent critic of Washington’s establishment and elites, he prided himself on being, in some ways, the voice of Trump’s voters – the most extreme, by the way – in the White House.
But Bannon soon fell out of favor with Trump and was fired from his cabinet in August 2017, eight months after his inauguration.
Silence from Bolsonaro
The information on Bannon’s alleged statements was released Monday at noon, when President Bolsonaro had not yet pronounced on his rival’s victory.
After receiving the news of Lula’s victory, Bolsonaro retired to sleep in the Alvorada, he received no one. And only this Monday he met his running mate and eldest son, without making any statements upon arrival at Planalto.
Clarin editorial staff with information from ANSA
Source: Clarin
