
American shame: U.S. far right becomes model for insurrectionists around the world
The Rachel Maddow Show
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Bolsonaro's Supporters Attacked the Brazilian Capitol Yesterday
The images and videos coming out of the Brazilian Capitol were so uncannily similar to what we saw here at home. The Bolsonaro mob used police barricades as battering rams. They attacked police officers in bloody hand-to-hand combat. They took selfies and posed in government chambers. Just like Trump did, Bolsonaro waited silently for hours as the attack was underway. He only put out a statement calling for peace once the security forces had regained control of the Capitol. It almost just seems like reading the same script in a different language.
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