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[Great Order]

And, kinda hilariously, he lost despite widely reported attempts at voter suppression.

[Loud Whispers]

What happens to Bolsonaro's paramilitaries? They willing to disband?

[anewaname]

The BBC's radio blurb says he won 50.9% of the vote (so 5% apart) and that Bolsonaro hasn't conceded yet. He is probably looking at options to win "legally" instead of using military force.

[scriver]

Necro-posting ‘cause it looks like Bolsonaro is on the way out, to be replaced with Lula, and I’ll be lambasted for bringing politics into emotion threads if I post there.

"Things that made you politick today"

[Culise]

The BBC's radio blurb says he won 50.9% of the vote (so 5% apart) and that Bolsonaro hasn't conceded yet. He is probably looking at options to win "legally" instead of using military force.

Indeed. I suspect/fear it may not be over until they actually lever him out of the Planalto, possibly with a crowbar.

[scriver]

My news reported earlier that he had conceded the election but now they're reporting that he has not conceded. Did he uncede himself?

[anewaname]

CNN's just posted

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday that he would “continue to fulfill all the commandments of our constitution” in a short speech at the presidential palace in Brasilia, after days of silence following his election loss to the leftist former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

He did not explicitly concede defeat, though the event appeared to signal his intention to cooperate with the transfer of power.

Taking the podium after the President, chief of staff Ciro Nogueira said that he would work with the new government and is waiting for Lula da Silva’s transition team to begin the handover.

“President Jair Messias Bolsonaro authorized me, when it is time, based on the law, to start the transition process,” Nogueira said.

From what I recall of yesterday, some of Bolsanaro's cabinet said Lulu won the election, which might be why it seemed like he ceded earlier. The tension was about his being silent, and the speech he just made was Trump-ish but without the invading mob.

[Loud Whispers]

He might not have an invading mob, but he does still have all these chaps. Which presents two problems; the first being that Bolsonaro can cause mayhem if he wants to, the second being that Bolsonaro might not even be able to control them so they may engage in disorganised violence on their own accord

[Great Order]

Bolsonaro's no longer conceding the election and is claiming fraud due to faulty voting machines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63724713

[Loud Whispers]

Bolsonaro's no longer conceding the election and is claiming fraud due to faulty voting machines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63724713

And there it is! Took him longer than I expected

[bloop_bleep]

For once, I thought, just once, the fascist wasn't gonna fash. He already conceded, fuck off you ghoul.

[voliol]

Bolsonaro's no longer conceding the election and is claiming fraud due to faulty voting machines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63724713

Oh dear, it happened after all . At least the dream was sweet when it lasted.

[scriver]

My first reaction was "do they even use voting machines in Brazil". I thought that was a USA thing.

[Great Order]

Good news is the courts threw it out and fined his party.

[scriver]

Good guy courts

Does he concede the court ruling though?