Brazil’s Bolsonaro shrugs off fugitive label, eyes future Brazil presidential bid
He rejected claims that he fled Brazil and said he is ready to run for the Liberal Party again if a new race emerges.
- Senator Flávio Bolsonaro arrived in Washington on Friday, rejecting the 'runaway' label and stating his readiness to stand for the Liberal Party in a race he argued might come 'sooner than expected.'
- Following the runoff, critics including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva branded him a runaway, and a Quaest poll found 62% of Brazilians disapproved of his departure after Lula's victory by more than 4 million votes.
- White House official Jason Miller helped arrange the journey, and Bolsonaro expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump for stating he could stay in the United States while working to sort out his immigration status in Florida.
- Predicting economic trouble will cut short Lula's term, the senator claimed 'Brazil is going to go broke,' while noting his father, President Jair Bolsonaro, is serving a 27-year sentence.
- Although no new presidential election is scheduled, the senator remains ready to return if a new race emerges, declining to confirm if he views himself as president-elect while noting, 'To millions of Brazilians, that's who I am.
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(Reuters) - On his first trip to Washington since the defeat in the presidential election, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro rejected questions about his leadership on the Brazilian right and stated that he plans to run again for the presidency by the L Party
Brazil’s Bolsonaro shrugs off fugitive label, eyes future Brazil presidential bid
On his first visit to Washington since losing a presidential election, Flavio Bolsonaro brushed aside doubts about his grip on Brazil's political right and said he was ready to stand for the Liberal Party in the next race, which he argued might come sooner than expected.
Brazil's Bolsonaro shrugs off fugitive label, eyes future Brazil presidential bid
On his first visit to Washington since losing a presidential election, Flavio Bolsonaro brushed aside doubts about his grip on Brazil's political right and said he was ready to stand for the Liberal Party in the next race, which he argued might come sooner than expected.
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