Brazil - have you been there?

Lula has picked up 48%. He'll surely get the 2% he needs without chasing the evangelicals who will never vote for him?

After Jair Bolsonaro makes openly paedophilic remarks in a filmed interview, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro angrily denies that the extreme right president is a paedophile, calling the video of his father making openly paedophilic remarks "fake news". https://t.co/0jEEYBmC1i

— BRASILWIRE (@BRASILWIRE) October 16, 2022

Jair Bolsonaro, who has spent days denying paedophilia, and is to be investigated for paedophilia apologism, has filmed a video asking forgiveness for linking 14 year old Venezuelans to prostitution, after describing his sexual chemistry with one. pic.twitter.com/20GPKCfvcj

— BRASILWIRE (@BRASILWIRE) October 18, 2022

Bit worried about this bolsonaro paedo stuff, has the feel of the trump access hollywood tape

Trump got the NAMBLA endorsement in 2016 and it didn't do him any harm ..lol

🚨 This is EXTREMELY important. Simulations of the second round suggest that Lula will only take the lead when *88.5%* of votes have been counted. Be careful: Bolsonaristas will be crying victory all the way until this switch – and then fraud all the way after. pic.twitter.com/JFnGHnx5Dd

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) October 27, 2022

I'm starting to worry about me and my wife and friends and family security when voting this Sunday... thinking about if it's best to have lots of people really close together and maybe stay near the voting place after for a while just to make sure there's a good presence of Lula's voters there and maybe this could diffuse the tension/fear mongering somehow. Never thought in my life I'd have to do that.

Good luck (where in Brazil are you?)

Boa sorte! Tá na hora do Jair embora, as the memes say.

Thank you all. I'm from Recife, Pernambuco, northeast. I'm living in the US now, NY, for the last 5 years. But even here during the last vote it was pretty tense, with lots of taunting from his followers... And a pretty crowded street without a lot of coordination from the NYPD. This asshole really needs to go. Just on his Covid response he should be prosecuted by international law.

I musta admit I cringe every time I see shots of Lula being driven though the streets on the back of a lorry, it would be so easy for someone to take a shot at him.

Went to the vigil for deaths in police custody at Downing Street yesterday and we passed a PT rally, lots of shouts of support and "we're with you" from the PT crowd. Lovely stuff.

Unrelated, but as the thing wound up an Iranian protest came to take our place that had some seriously chaotic energy - lgbt flags jostling with a sign saying "thank you Donald Trump - Make Iran Great Again" and one with the face of Khomeini and "CIA agent" and "666" written on it.

If frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins Brazil’s election it would mark a major comeback for the leftist, signaling that Brazilians care more about jobs and food than battling corruption

the grapes were already sour at the WSJ yesterday before any votes have been counted. Good luck Brazil.

Cops trying to block ppl from voting in the Lula stronghold of Nordeste

🚨 Diretor-geral da Polícia Rodoviária Federal terá que parar IMEDIATAMENTE operações de transporte público contra eleitores nordestinos, caso contrário, será PRESO, afirma Alexandre de Moraes!#Eleicoes2022 pic.twitter.com/G8Sa8sLuNr

— POPTime (@siteptbr) October 30, 2022

Basically traffic cops stopping public transportation for no reason.

Hope it doesn't work, but from the polling these are fine margins..

Polls now closed.

🚨 The head of Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal REFUSES to take action against the Bolsonarista conspiracy to suppress votes in Lula strongholds, saying the 560 blockades “affected both sides” and that the pre-meditated actions of the Federal Highway Police were actually okay.

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) October 30, 2022

Going to be doomscrolling for the next few hours.

🚨 Brazil’s electoral authorities send out a country-wide message to everyone who has downloaded their app: “To impede the population from voting is to commit an electoral crime.” pic.twitter.com/5kFhmzqXc6

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) October 30, 2022

Lula edged ahead with 67% in, perhaps a little ahead of projection?

🇧🇷#Brazil, presidential election results (2nd round):

67,76 % of polling places counted:

Lula (PT): 50,01 %
Bolsonaro (PL-inc): 49,99 %#Eleicoes2022 pic.twitter.com/1SDzoLvGCw

— World Elects (@ElectsWorld) October 30, 2022

something you do not hate to see

*jorge ben voice* lula da, lula da, lula da, lula da silvaaaaaa

refreshing this thread every minute

Brazil projection using municipality swings in areas with 50%+ counted (86.7% of the vote in)

🔴 Lula: 50.81% (+0.06)
🔵 Bolsonaro: 49.19% (-0.06)

— Patrick Flynn (@patrickjfl) October 30, 2022

just been looking on betfair to see where the money is going, it's looking good for Lula

https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/en/politics/brazil-general-election/brazil-general-election-2022/president-after-2022-election-betting-1.180434883

🚨 I think I've seen enough 🚨

🇧🇷 PROJECTION: Bar a coup from Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be Brazil's next president.

— Patrick Flynn (@patrickjfl) October 30, 2022

lots of ropey outlets in a desperate scramble to call Lula first, but holy shit it's looking good!

He is leading 50.7%-49.3% with 96.6% in, apparently most outstanding votes from northeast. Lula winning isn’t the issue, it’s whether Bolsonaro concedes.

don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened pic.twitter.com/wQzs0vRvBA

— Bris Angel (@Cryptoterra) October 30, 2022

wau this is fucking great

thoughts and prayers to all the fascist Brazilian footballers in the premiere league

— Nihal | نهال (@NotNihal) October 30, 2022

yes, a certain Spurs winger instantly comes to mind

Half the Liverpool squad rn pic.twitter.com/pZe6MNSGKF

— Daniel Stapleton (@danstapleton89) October 30, 2022

Absolutely dying at the LFC fans going in

You and your husband pic.twitter.com/SXN4N2GhU1 https://t.co/kfdA3jZR0Y

— Jamie 🔴 (@_jamiemoran) October 30, 2022

Congratulations to President Lula and all his supporters.

Was confused walking through the park by a massive crowd of people all in red screaming in joy

Brazil: The Supreme Electoral Court has declared that former President Lula (PT, centre-left) has won the presidential election, defeating incumbent President Bolsonaro (PL, right). #Brazil #Lula #Bolsonaro #eleições2022

— America Elects (@AmericaElige) October 30, 2022

Cry more!

Bolsonaristas are crying and praying away their loss to Lula. pic.twitter.com/D8F0wUNwna

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) October 30, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/30/world/brazil-presidential-election

https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/187042dd4584454f9de2c445476f0f7c/800.jpeg

for a second I was thinking this image was revealing that Lula smokes rollups, but quite disappointingly it's his voting ticket

can't get enough of something good happening, congratulations Brazil.

pic.twitter.com/l4LYB8tR3b

— Stan's Account (@tristandross) October 30, 2022

Biden and Macron have given their congrats.

In the UK.

if you want something from a senior British politician in support of Brazilian democracy, you're stuck with this guy for now https://t.co/aDpTjMsCqS

— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) October 31, 2022

great outcome but scary how close it was relative to first round and polls

Incredible news. Congratulations to Lula and the people of Brazil.

Northeast #Brazil rn pic.twitter.com/AE0ZeINFP9

— Abier (@abierkhatib) October 31, 2022

that's actually footage of split.

https://www.newsflare.com/video/389053/fans-of-croatias-hajduk-split-celebrate-clubs-70th-anniversary-with-spectacular-fireworks-display

🤣🤣

lmao he waited until the morning to check there wasn’t a coup first (he was up and tweeting about football when the result was confirmed) https://t.co/b5Jo1ORMfb

— the uk press cover for serial groper nick cohen (@wariotifo) October 31, 2022

He was actually waiting until his advisors woke up in the morning and told him it was ok to do so. Tweeting only after most major foreign leaders had already done it.