- Ali Alexander, a Far-right activist, pushes conspiracy theories for Brazil’s elections.
- He called upon the Brazilian military and government to stage a coup in order to deny the defeat of Jair Bolsonaro’s election.
- Bolsonaro is a Trump ally, and divisive leader of the far-right. He has parroted MAGA electoral denial rhetoric.
Ali Alexander, the far right activist who organized the “Stop the Steal” rally just before the Capitol Riot, is now discussing a coup in Brazil and calling for the Brazilian military’s intervention in the defeat of Trump ally Jairbolsonaro.
Brazil’s brothers, take to the streets! All military personnel are available. Peacefully and patriotically!” Alexander wrote the following: TruthSocial social-media app on Sunday evening
Alexander called for “a”audit”Brazil’s presidential elections and the need for the military to “arrest all bad guys on either party,” Echoing the election denial rhetoricMAGA conspiracy theorists have spread this information in recent years.
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Bolsonaro is a divisive leader and has been President of Brazil since January 2019. He lost his position by a slim margin to leftist candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday.
Concerns grew that Bolsonaro might lean into the end of the race before it was over. baseless election fraud claims if he were to lose — just as former President Donald Trump and his supporters have done in the US.
Bolsonaro had earlier told reporters that Brazil’s electoral process was “unbalanced” against him, while his son, Flávio Bolsonaro, called the defeated president a victim of “the greatest election fraud ever seen,” The Guardian.
Alexander’s claims to TruthSocial go further than that. The conspiracy theorist attempts to inexplicably mix President Joe Biden with his narrative.
He posted a screenshot from a Foreign Policy articleThe document summarizes the comprehensive diplomatic effort of US leaders to press Brazilian authorities to uphold Brazil’s democracy. Alexander misrepresented the screenshot in support of his false claim that the Biden administration rigged Brazil’s election.
The possibility that Bolsonaro might instigate a coup in Brazil to consolidate his power in Brazil is a concern that dates back at least to September 2021. A group of leftist leaders in the area. published an open letter warning of their suspicions that he was planning to transition a political rally into a hostile takeover — modeled after the Capitol riot.
Alexander was BannedIn January 2021, Venmo and Twitter notified Paypal. Twitter said it banned him over tweets that glorify violence, while PayPal — which owns Venmo — said it banned him for violating its policies.
