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The Associated Press
Mauricio Savarese
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro briefly wrestled a heckler on Thursday and tried to steal his phone. A temperamental leader to keep discipline in the campaign trajectory.
As Bolsonaro speaks to his supporters outside his home in the capital, Brasilia, social media influencer Wilker his Leo using his mobile phone was filmed repeatedly yelling "coward" at the president. ”, “ass”, and “darling” of the Pig-barrel faction in Congress.
Bolsonaro first got into his car, but reappeared and grabbed the man's shirt and forearm and reached for his mobile phone. A guard pulled Leo away.
Bolsonaro trails former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in all polls ahead of the first round of voting on October 2 as the presidential campaign began on Tuesday. expected to be a difficult battle for
"Don't film this, don't film this," Bolsonaro told supporters, before Leo was detained by the Presidential Guard. ) his right, but he was disrespectful.”
Four minutes later, security allowed Leo to return to the scene and talk to Bolsonaro about politics. The two have spoken without incident a few times before.
"Talk to me as much as you want," Bolsonaro told Leo. The two talked for five minutes before the president decided to get back in the car and leave.
Bolsonaro has long been at odds with the media. In 2020, he told journalists he wanted to "punch your mouth" and once suggested that he wanted to shoot a rival Labor supporter.
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